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Opinion

Why are small towns dying?

Letters to the Editor

Kit Brenan, Hillsboro Property taxes have done nothing but rise for almost 100% of residents in ND. If you rent and think you don’t pay property tax or specials, this is the main reason for yearly rent increases. Those costs are passed down. Yes, we’ve had state credits, buydowns, and ...

Alzheimer’s Association honors local volunteers

Letters to the Editor

Melanie Gaebe, Bismarck During National Volunteer Week (April 20-26), the Alzheimer’s Association MN-ND is proud to honor local volunteers making a difference in the fight against Alzheimer’s and all other dementia. An estimated seven million Americans age 65 and older are living with ...

Feeding special interests while families struggle

Letters to the Editor

Amy Jacobson, Prairie Action Executive director Right now, the North Dakota Legislature is considering a slate of so-called “education savings account” bills. Whatever the poll-tested “school choice” label of the week is, don’t be fooled — they do the same thing in effect: drain ...

That was then, this is now on tariff issue

National Columnists

“Those are my principles, and if you don’t like them ... well, I have others.”- Groucho Marx Guess who said this: “China takes total advantage of the United States. They steal our intellectual property using cyber theft. Not only do they steal our intellectual property, they keep our ...

Trump lives in world of reality

National Columnists

President Donald Trump did what he had to do. Last week, Trump dropped an economic neutron bomb by declaring tariffs on virtually every country on the planet — tariffs based not on reciprocal tariff rates, but on trade deficits. After an initial stock dump of approximately 10% and then days ...

Status quo being complained about gets challenged

National Columnists

In cities big and small all over the country last week, people opposed to the policies of the Trump administration decided to participate in nationally coordinated, so-called Hands Off protests. Wielding signs with slogans like “Stop destroying America,” “Hands off our Social Security,” ...