According to a 2025 article published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the share of residents at prime working ...

An academic known for his research on rural economic development is calling on lawmakers to include support for the nonfarm ...

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The Upper Valley Medical Center closed its labor and delivery unit earlier this year. Its one of six maternity wards in rural Ohio to close in the last two years. Access to healthcare in rural Ohio is ...

In an exclusive conversation with Shashi Singh, Jharkhand’s Rural Development, Rural Works and Panchayati Raj Minister Dipika Pandey Singh discusses the challenges and opportunities shaping rural ...

A recent study led by alumna Jodee A. Prudente, Ph.D., BCBA-D, principal at Marvin Picollo School, and MaryAnn Demchak, Ph.D., BCBA-D, professor of special education at the University of Nevada, Reno, ...

The federal government’s plan for expanding opportunity in rural America—to the extent there is one—seems to be trade school. Forget college, President Trump says. Build a workforce, and the jobs will ...

Medicare Advantage (MA) now covers more than half of all Medicare beneficiaries. In rural areas, enrollment of Medicare beneficiaries in MA has surged from 11 percent in 2010 to 40 percent in 2023.

(INDIANA CAPITAL CHRONICLE) — Homelessness may not look the way many imagine it, particularly in rural Indiana. Rural areas saw a 16.6% increase in people experiencing homelessness between 2023 and ...