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OUR OPINION: East Grand Forks’ best option: Piping sewage to Grand Forks
Why are some in East Grand Forks so protective of the city’s sewage that they’re unwilling to pipe it for treatment to Grand Forks?
RELATED CONTENTOUR OPINION: Let lawmakers taketh away, not giveth
The law gives elected officials in the Legislature the final say, and it’s wrong for lawmakers to ignore this duty.
RELATED CONTENTOUR OPINION: Utah muestra el camino (Utah shows the way)
North Dakota is too conservative to embrace language immersion programs in elementary school. North Dakota is too landlocked to embrace the programs in elementary school. North Dakota is too tightfisted, parochial, insular … Stop right there.
RELATED CONTENTOUR OPINION: N.D. spending should let local governments cut mills 
There’s a reason why many homeowners believe their property-tax bills haven’t gone down in the past two or three years, despite the state’s buy-down of property taxes.
RELATED CONTENTOUR OPINION: Grand Forks schools should ask again for language immersion
Call up the “Directory of Foreign Language Immersion Programs,” click on Minnesota, and you’ll find a state that’s trying to make strides. But call up the directory and click on North Dakota, and you’ll find ... A state with seemingly no interest at all. “No records to display,” the directory reports.
RELATED CONTENTOUR OPINION: For chancellor, a ‘Magnificent 7’ list of leaders
Turn the word “leader” into the phrase “leader and manager,” and you’d have the exact description of the person whom the Board of Higher Education must find to fill the interim chancellor job.
RELATED CONTENTOUR OPINION: Protecting local prairie enriches us all
The new public-private partnership to conserve Grand Forks County’s dwindling prairie is hugely welcome.
RELATED CONTENTOUR OPINION: Learn from other countries and services
Our view: Armed Forces leaders should set parochialism aside when they search for solutions to challenging problems.
RELATED CONTENTOUR OPINION: Board’s task now is rebuilding trust
The State Board of Higher Education has a year to regain the public and the Legislature’s trust.
RELATED CONTENTOUR OPINION: A country worth fighting for
Scandals plague Washington. Critics attack the president from all sides. Partisans go at each other tooth and nail, and not just on talk radio but in Congress itself. To put it another way: Ain’t America grand? Because it’s obvious on this Memorial Day that there’s no finer country on Earth.
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OUR OPINION: Do as I do, not as I did
Someday, Austin Krause might be a parent. Someday, Austin Krause might have a high-school-age youngster who’s a varsity athlete. And someday, that son or daughter might complain to Austin Krause about not getting enough playing time. Now, that’s a conversation we’d like to hear.
RELATED CONTENTOUR OPINION: Got milk? Not yet, and for good reason
There’s more to the “Milk Bill” controversy than meets the eye, as the column on this page by state Rep Patrick Hatlestad, R-Williston, N.D., makes clear. There’s even more to it than Hatlestad’s column suggests.
RELATED CONTENTOUR OPINION: The Aretha rule: Treat lawmakers with r-e-s-p-e-c-t
Sometimes, close calls can be a good thing. Let’s hope that’s the case with the chancellor and the North Dakota Board of Higher Education, who learned the hard way this week that they’ve got to treat lawmakers with respect.
RELATED CONTENTOUR OPINION: The best med-school value for N.D.
When buying a car or a tractor the cheapest is not always the best. It’s usually worth spending more to get the most reliable model. And that’s the idea North Dakota lawmakers who are considering the UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences’ expansion request should keep in mind.
RELATED CONTENTOUR OPINION: Pawlenty’s commission could help Dayton
If Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton and the DFL’s legislative leaders want to burnish their bipartisan bona-fides, here’s how they could do it: Dust off the findings of the 21st Century Tax Reform Commission. Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s 21st Century Tax Reform Commission, that is.
RELATED CONTENTOUR OPINION: Consider United’s GFK service
For residents of the Grand Forks, of course, the key to United’s continuing to operate out of GFK is the phrase, “Use it or lose it.” Every day brings news of airlines starting or stopping service at airports around the country.
RELATED CONTENTOUR OPINION: Military can, should broaden its appeal
There are many benefits to a young person in 2013 who enlists in the U.S. armed forces. And at a time when analysts are wringing their hands about the growth in America of a “warrior class,” more teens should be made aware of them.
RELATED CONTENTOUR OPINION: Farm Bill may be Cramer’s first test
If a new Farm Bill passes out of the House Agriculture Committee in the next few months, Freshman U.S. Rep. Kevin Cramer should make it his mission to ensure that the bill reaches the House floor for a vote.
RELATED CONTENTOUR OPINION: ‘The Better Angels of Our Nature’
True, it’s anybody’s guess where politics and the economy are headed. But there are other measures against which the prospects for 2013 look more upbeat.
RELATED CONTENTOUR OPINION: Rebuild America’s mental-health system
Close to 100,000 public schools dot the American landscape. And on the question of how much it would cost to staff each one with an armed guard, estimates range from $3 billion to $10 billion a year. But would this be the best way to spend that sum? No — because schools already are extremely safe.
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