Mar 29, 2023
Small towns respond creatively to their sometimes hidden housing and homelessness crisis, a new national weather prediction system expected next year will help close the gap between urban and rural forecasting as severe weather events increase, and more rural communities can apply for a CIRD design project to boost...
Mar 22, 2023
Finding childcare is a struggle everywhere, prompting North Carolina's Transylvania County to try a new approach. Maine is slowly building-out broadband access, but disagreements remain over whether local versus national companies should get the contracts, and specialty apps like "Farmers Dating" help those in...
Mar 15, 2023
The forty-first state has opted into Medicaid - North Carolina - which could be a lifeline for rural hospitals, homelessness barely rose in the past two years but the work required to hold those numbers increased, and destruction of the “Sagebrush Sea” from Oregon to Wyoming is putting protection efforts for an...
Mar 8, 2023
A four-day workweek pilot program is under consideration by the Maryland Legislature, the future of medication abortion – used in more than half of all procedures nationwide – is on the line, and when colleges close in small towns, the effects can be...
Mar 1, 2023
Inflation may be hitting rural households harder than urban, the "unwinding" of COVID-related Medicaid benefits means the end of coverage for millions, and California finds a win-win for college students and their communities.