Project Will Establish Tech Hubs in Mississippi Delta

Bryce Oates · Oct 7, 2019

A tech project that formed to serve Cape Girardeau, Missouri, will expand its work to rural communities with the support of a U.S. Economic Development Administration grant. The project is among the first set of rural grantees for the funding program.

Commentary: The Birth of a Rural Summit

Jim Rousmaniere · Oct 4, 2019

Radically Rural, a two-day focus on rural challenges and opportunity that’s staged in Keene, New Hampshire, in its second year drew over 600 people from 24 states to talk about such things as getting more charging stations for electric…

Health

Medicare for All, Most, Some? How Far Will Rural Voters Go with a Public Option?

Liz Carey · Oct 3, 2019

The healthcare debate among Democratic candidates highlights a fundamental question within the party about the proper role of government. Rural voters will have a hand in helping determine which direction the Democratic Party takes.

Health

Job Program Helps Recovering Addicts Rebuild Houses – And Their Lives

Kim Kobersmith · Oct 2, 2019

The Housing Development Alliance in Hazard, Kentucky, found that volunteers referred by the Drug Court were some of their hardest workers. Now the nonprofit organization and others are creating an employment program to help addicts get back…

Ag and Trade

Dreaming Big for a Risky Hemp Crop

April Simpson and Sophie Quinton · Oct 1, 2019

As growers across 34 states start to harvest as much as half a million acres of hemp this fall, many newcomers have no idea who will buy their crop or even who will prepare it for sale.

Economy

The Oglala Sioux Tribe Passes Hate Crime Law Protecting its LGBTQ Citizens

Mary Annette Pember · Sep 30, 2019

The Oglala Sioux Tribe may be first to pass a hate crime law providing protections for LBGTQ and two spirit people, but citizens remain divided over decision

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Wind Turbines are the New Normal in Some Rural Michigan Counties

Windmill developers aren’t just paying the farmers offering them a site, says Sara Mills, PhD, of the University of Michigan, who has studied the wind turbines’ economic influence in the state. She points to “huge” property tax increases in some communities having turbines and says one community experienced a 500% increase in tax revenues in just one year. Read more.

In Rural Pa., Wood-Mode Cabinet Company Comes Back from the Brink

Wood-Mode, once Snyder County’s largest employer, did go dark for a few months this year after the company’s longtime owners shut it down abruptly in May due to financial problems. Most of Wood-Mode’s 938 employees were informed of the company’s closure, then told to pack up and leave. That day became known as “Black Monday.” Read more.

Can Rural Broadband Help Save Farm Country?

Providing a faster, more reliable internet connection to rural America could be an economic boon. But will tech investments only help the largest, wealthiest farms? Read more.

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Project Will Establish Tech Hubs in Mississippi Delta

Commentary: The Birth of a Rural Summit

Medicare for All, Most, Some? How Far Will Rural Voters Go with a Public Option?

Job Program Helps Recovering Addicts Rebuild Houses – And Their Lives

Dreaming Big for a Risky Hemp Crop

The Oglala Sioux Tribe Passes Hate Crime Law Protecting its LGBTQ Citizens

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