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By Bill Bishop

Racing For '08/Archive
Is Opposition to Gay Marriage Enough of a Rural Platform?
07/23/2007
Mitt Romney in Clear Lake, IowaA study of the 2004 election found that rural voters supported Bush in large numbers primarily because of his opposition to gay marriage. Is that why Republican candidates in '07 have failed to offer ideas about rural America's future?
Growth and Development
Who Said Rural States Can't Do High-Tech Research?
07/19/2007
Homestake Gold Mine carRural communities have always been innovative, and today some rural places are aggressively making changes. South Dakota shows that a state with a small population can build a high-tech economy.
Growth and Development | Main Street Economics
The Yonder 40 Stock Index Doesn't Match S&P's Gains
07/14/2007
The Yonder 40, DY's index of publicly traded stocks tied to rural America, fell behind most other major indexes during a week when most prices rose.
Growth and Development | Main Street Economics
A Report From Minnesota â€" But Good For All of Rural America
07/11/2007
Minn 2020 ReportMinnesota's economic development strategy leaves out small towns. What else is new? Most economic development programs weren't built for rural communities.
Ag and Trade | Politics and Government
The Farm Bill: It's Showtime!
07/10/2007
Big Gulp, favored by the Farm BillThe farm bill will come up before the House Agriculture Committee next week. The bill has gained the attention of everyone from organic 'foodies' to minority ranchers to animal rights activists. In this atmosphere, is compromise possible?
Education | Growth and Development
Saving Greensburg AND New York City With Small Schools
07/04/2007
Arkansas school protest, 2003Greensburg, Kansas, was smashed by a tornado in early May. The town has a chance to survive, says Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, but only if the local school can re-open in August. New York City, meanwhile, has learned that small schools are vital for big cities, too.
Ag and Trade
What's Cool about COOL? Ranchers, Presidential Candidates, Consumers Argue About Meat
07/02/2007
Fully labeled bufalo meatThe country of origin labeling law has languised since 2002. Now tainted imports have people worried about their dog food and toothpaste — and a new Congress is pushing to force food producers to say where foods originated.
Immigration
Did Opposition from Small Towns Kill the Immigration Bill?
06/29/2007
shelf in latino grocery Monticello, NYThe Washington Post reports that a grassroots movement in small-town America led to Thursday's defeat of the immigration bill in the U.S. Senate. Maybe so and what now?
Main Street Economics
What's Rural?
06/21/2007
There is no good definition of what's rural. For its study of campaign contributions from rural America, the Daily Yonder has devised a standard for determining whether a county is rural or urban.
Health | Racing For '08/Archive
OxyContin Settlement Takes 90% of Profits; Negotiated By Giuliani
06/19/2007
OxyContin came on the market in 1996 and immediately became a plague in portions of rural America. The company that made the drug pled guilty in a deal negotiated by GOP presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani.
Daily Yonder | Keep It Rural
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