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Opinion

Library bill costly, unnecessary

Letters to the Editor

Mariah Ralston, Bismarck Randi Monley, Minot, Co-chairs, Right to Read ND Senate Bill 2307 takes aim at content in libraries and schools, and if it passes, North Dakota taxpayers will have to pay millions of dollars to implement it. Taxpayers would be on the hook for $2 million for ...

Fully onboard with Trump’s government

Letters to the Editor

Steven Moen, Minot Contrary to most media outlets and letter to the editor writers I am totally on board with President Trump and Elon Musk’s DOGE (Department Of Government Efficiency) efforts to cut the fat in the government. I wake up in the morning with a smile on my face and joy in my ...

Protect children’s mental health during school day

Letters to the Editor

Kirsten Baesler, N.D. Superintendent of Schools, Bismarck As North Dakota’s State Superintendent for more than a decade, I’ve had thousands of conversations with our teachers, students, and school leaders. I continue to hear — with increasing urgency — that our teachers can’t even ...

Students will thrive in phone-free schools

Local Columnists

When we stood up this week in support of legislation to require phone-free schools in North Dakota, we approached it as giving something back to students: the freedom to learn and grow with far less distraction and stress. As parents of a combined six children who have attended 15 different ...

Manufacturing evolving, not collapsing

National Columnists

If you believe the political rhetoric, you probably think America’s industrial base has been hollowed out, gutted or “shipped overseas.” Across the ideological spectrum, people say U.S. manufacturing is in decline. They argue mostly about who’s to blame and how many tariffs we need to ...

Who profits when cities burn?

National Columnists

What would you call an organization that collects money from the public and distributes it to organizations that fund riots that result in billions of dollars in damages, that transfer the money to bail out criminals who ultimately kill and victimize innocent Americans, that support terrorist ...