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  • Letter to the Editor: Consumers can mitigate higher heating costs

    Josh Askvig and Scott Madison|Nov 22, 2021

    With natural gas prices projected to be higher than last year for the winter heating season, Montana-Dakota Utilities, and AARP North Dakota, have teamed up to provide customers and members information about the price projection and tips on how to mitigate some of the increase. Natural gas prices are expected to increase more than 50% over last year across the country due to increasing demand, and flat supply, not just nationally, but globally. Options for controlling costs include: • Balanced billing: Montana-Dakota offers balanced bil...

  • Letter to the Editor: No Immunity for Nursing Homes

    Josh Askvig, Bismarck AARP North Dakota State Director|Feb 8, 2021

    AARP North Dakota strongly opposes a bill in the North Dakota Legislature that grants nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and other long-term care (LTC) facilities immunity related to COVID-19. House Bill 1175 strips away the rights of residents and their families to seek legal redress and hold facilities accountable when residents are harmed, neglected or abused. In North Dakota, about 10,000 people live in these facilities. More than 840 COVID-related deaths (approximately 60%) have occurred in them. While there may be some...