We’re a little over six weeks away from casting a deciding vote on the future of indoor recreation in Minot and our goal over that period will be to transform you into the most informed voter on a single topic that has ever existed. The Minot Voice has a game plan in place, but we’d
Read & ShareNice commentary from a student who came to North Dakota for a summer of less-than-glamorous work in the oil field and got more out of than he thought. It’s worth a read, especially for kids who need some perspective on the real world.
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News: Google may let the public start using their self-driving cars in small trials as early this year. Commentary: This technology is closer than you realize. Know someone who makes a living as a driver? Tell them they should start game-planning their next career.
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If a recently passed House bill clears the Senate, lawyers and auditors for the State’s University system will no longer be hired and paid in-house, but rather by independent state agencies. Get the details and commentary from Rob Port and Say Anything Blog.com.
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It turns out the U.S. government is spending a lot of money to keep air service active in places like Devils Lake and Jamestown. Rob Port at Say Anything Blog has the details on how full the flights are and some personal commentary on the issue as well.
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Transparent, open government is a keystone principle of The Minot Voice and flinging the doors open is a great way to build trust and encourage engagement. You’ll see us harp on it a lot, and in Minot we need to move beyond traditional ideas of ‘open’.
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Tuesday’s election is a hard choice. Of all the issues facing Minot and Ward County, spending $37 million on a jail feels like a case of misplaced priorities. Not long ago, we said no to a second high school. In two months, we’ll vote again on a recreation and aquatics center, and that effort is
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The news: The Fargo area is moving towards making it’s recycling program even more convenient. The quick commentary: In Minot, we’ve yet to get the ball rolling on any type of recycling program and we’re running out of room in our landfill.
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Rob Port at Say Anything Blog weighs in on the State Fair/Historical Society issue. His take, if the State Fair wants the Historical Society gone, open up and be transparent about the purpose or the land.
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Rob Port at Say Anything Blog.com provides the commentary on the West Virginia train derailment that exposes the biased coverage of major media outlets. Is the derailment a story? Yes. Does the media go out of their way to sensationalize the Bakken angle? Yes also.
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If you’ve just landed on this page, and you don’t know what this is all about, you should probably go back to the beginning. This is the fifth post in a nine-part series, and before you read this, you need some context. Start here. If you’ve just read City Council Survey: The Survey & Results, you’re
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If you’ve just landed on this page, and you don’t know what this is all about, you should probably go back to the beginning. This is the sixth post in a nine-part series, and before you read this, you need some context. Start here. If you’ve just read City Council Survey: The Wrong Conclusions, you’re
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Laws and institutions are constantly tending to gravitate. Like clocks, they must be occasionally cleansed, and wound up, and set to true time. --Henry Ward Beecher
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Tax reform is is the eternal topic, and Minot’ Scott Louser is encouraging the legislature to study the impact of reform that would see the State assume property tax payments. Read his thoughts on the proposed reform and need for the study at Say Anything Blog.com
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Occasionally, and on important issues, Legislators need the opportunity to take a long look and discover the nuance before acting on an issue. So says Rod St. Aubyn, a former Legislator writing at Say Anything Blog.
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