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By Bill Bishop

Growth and Development
When it Comes to the Economy, 'We Are All Appalachians'
03/30/2009

Ron Eller has written a history of Appalachia since 1945, but it is really a story about the ways the country has tried — and failed — to make a poor place prosperous.

Growth and Development | Main Street Economics
Rural Counties Losing Jobs Faster Than Cities
03/30/2009

This recession is worse than the previous two — and it is hitting manufacturing counties much harder than communities with high farm employment.

Main Street Economics
As Unemployment Rises, So Do Rural Stocks
03/23/2009

Unemployment is rising in rural America. But rural stocks are holding up.

Broadband and Tech
Place Matters With Spread of Broadband
03/10/2009

Pike County, Kentucky. Fishing at Fishtrap LakeThe federal government will issue billions in grants to bring broadband to underserved places. Strong local leadership will make this program more successful.

BioFuels and Energy | Main Street Economics
Energy-Producing Counties in the West Fall Behind
03/05/2009

Basing a county's economy on mining coal or drilling for oil and gas can produce high incomes in boom times, but over the long run rural counties were better off without fossil fuels.

Main Street Economics
When Deere Sees a Decline, Rural Economy is Troubled
02/23/2009

at the Moravia, Texas, church picnic A slowdown in agriculture is putting a dent in John Deere. In fact, the whole rural economy is starting to slow, which you can see in the results for the Yonder 40 stock index.

Broadband and Tech
Broadband Missing for Many Rural Dial-Up Users
02/17/2009

Rural residents are more likely to say they don't want an Internet connection. But they are also far less likely to have access to broadband.

Broadband and Tech
Senate, House Send Broadband Money to Different Agencies
02/09/2009

The Senate sends its broadband stimulus money to the Department of Commerce. The House ships the same funding to Agriculture.

Ag and Trade | Politics and Government
Hassebrook Appears Out as Deputy Ag Secretary
02/03/2009

It appears ag reformer Chuck Hassebrook is out of the running to be Deputy Secretary at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Broadband and Tech
Britain Makes Commitment to Universal Broadband by 2012
02/02/2009

Britain makes a commitment to extending Internet broadband to rural portions of that country by 2012 in a development project that parallels the United States.

Daily Yonder | Keep It Rural
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