EDITORIALS
Pioneer Editiorial: A tradition opens in state forests
The forests surrounding the Bemidji area become a hotbed of activity early Saturday morning as the Minnesota firearms deer season opens.By Bemidji Pioneer Editorial Board , November 06, 2009
Pioneer Editorial: Bemidji a model for health care
Health services has become a huge industry for Bemidji. It’s top two providers together mean jobs for about 1,400 people and an annual payroll of more than $90 million.By Bemidji Pioneer Editorial Board , November 05, 2009
Pioneer Editorial: Energy shift from coal to nuclear
The demise Monday of the Big Stone II power plant could pose future power problems in the Upper Midwest.By Bemidji Pioneer Editorial Board , November 04, 2009
Pioneer Editorial: Cheers and Jeers
November 03, 2009
Pioneer Editorial: Recovery Act jobs created, at what cost?
Numbers released by the White House on Friday give the first hard look at what the $787 billion federal economic stimulus package approved last winter has actually done to the U.S. economy.By Bemidji Pioneer Editorial Board , November 01, 2009
Pioneer Editorial: U.S. hogs will resume China trade
The Obama administration scored its first major foreign policy victory Thursday when U.S. trade officials announced from Hangzhou, China, that China intends to re-open its markets to U.S. pork and live swine.By Bemidji Pioneer Editorial Board , October 30, 2009
Pioneer Editorial: Health care fraud bill warranted
While Congress toils away at health care reform, we should not forget that as soon as reform is in place somebody will have figured out how to defraud the new system.By Bemidji Pioneer Editorial Board , October 29, 2009
Pioneer Editorial: Keep health care reform on track
The health care reform debate appears to be narrowing down. That’s good because the time is near for U.S. House and U.S. Senate to begin floor debate on the most important legislation of the year. It’s also bad, because if consensus can’t be found on the final issue, the whole idea of health care reform just won’t be done anytime soon.By Bemidji Pioneer Editorial Board , October 28, 2009
Pioneer Editorial: Cheers and Jeers
Pioneer Editorial: Cheers and JeersOctober 27, 2009
Pioneer Editorial: Time to revamp all flight rules
The United States airline industry, as a whole, has had an impeccable record given the number of daily flights and passengers moved about the country. But that sterling record seems to be cracking.By Bemidji Pioneer Editorial Board , October 25, 2009
Pioneer Editorials: Pay czar reeling in CEO bucks 
Government intervention into the private sector’s business operations should be minimal, if at all. Certainly, a number of safety regulations must be prescribed as well as a route for proper and fair compensation such as minimum wage laws and overtime rules.
By Bemidji Pioneer Editorial Board , October 23, 2009
Pioneer Editorial: Despite sick hog, pork safe to eat
The spread of the H1N1 flu virus took a different twist this week when U.S. Department of Agriculture inspectors determined that three hogs displayed at this summer’s Minnesota State Fair may have contracted the virus. Later, USDA confirmed at least one of the hogs with H1N1 – the first known case of a possible transfer of the virus from human to pig.
By Bemidji Pioneer Editorial Board , October 21, 2009
Pioneer Editorial: Cheers and Jeers
Pioneer Editorial: Cheers and Jeers
October 20, 2009
Pioneer Editorial: Key state budget talks open Monday
Most economists say the recession is over, but its ill-effects will be felt for some time. Turning the economy around isn’t unlike a harbor pilot in Duluth attempting to turn an ore boat around. Those big boats don’t turn on a dime.
Likewise, while corporations and banks are now seeing profit improvements and the Dow inched across 10,000 for the first time in a year, jobless ranks continue to swell and wages actually have dipped. Some states are contemplating decreasing their minimum wage rates in light of a decline in the cost of living.
By Bemidji Pioneer Editorial Board , October 18, 2009
Pioneer Editorial: Keep our kids busy after school
Minnesota is making progress in afterschool programs, but the state has a long way to go, said a statement issued Thursday by the Washington, D.C.-Afterschool Alliance.
By Bemidji Pioneer Editorial Board , October 16, 2009
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