Jul 30, 2025
Experts are skeptical a new rural health slush fund will fill Medicaid gaps, Colorado officials protest public land management cuts and tribes and rural communities sue the EPA over cancelled funding for flood and climate mitigation projects.
Jul 23, 2025
America's news desert problem could get worse with massive funding cuts to public broadcasting, federal cuts to AmericaCorps will eliminate volunteers in rural Oregon and a 140-year old South Dakota church thrives by welcoming all.
Jul 16, 2025
| Cuts in money for clean energy could hit rural mom and-pop businesses hard, Alaska's effort to boost its power grid with wind and solar is threatened and a small Kansas school district is attracting new students with a focus on agriculture. |
Jul 9, 2025
Rural Americans are bracing for a disproportionate impact from federal funding cuts to mental health and substance use programs, and new federal policies have farmers from Ohio to Minnesota struggling to grow healthier foods and create sustainable food production programs.
Jul 2, 2025
Farmers embrace voluntary conservation programs but federal funding chaos is causing a rethink, a rural electric cooperative in Colorado hopes to reduce customer costs by going independent and LGBTQ+ teens say online support is a lifesaver.