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Kavitha Cardoza for The Hechinger Report
En Puerto Rico, la campaña de Trump para desmantelar el Departamento de Educación pega más fuerte
El sistema educativo de la isla depende en gran medida de la agencia. El gobierno de Biden hizo de su mejora una prioridad pero ahora los puertorriqueños temen lo que viene.
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Federal NIH Cuts Hit Greater Yellowstone Disease Research
Lab workers studying tick expansion lose staff, resources involved in Lyme, chronic wasting disease, coronavirus research and related threats.
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Rural Youth Face Funding Cuts for Local Foods for Schools Program
According to experts, ending USDA’s Local Food for Schools Program will increase rural kids’ food insecurity. It comes at the heels of a proposed SNAP benefits cuts, compounding economic stress on families reliant on federal assistance.
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In the wake of disasters, rural health could end up running on sunshine
Solar microgrids and other modern technologies could transform care delivery in disaster-prone, underserved areas.
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Eric J. Shelton for Mississippi Today
Rural Realities
People are growing more skeptical about the value of higher education. This five-part series explores how institutions and students are meeting their educational needs and the demands of today’s rural workforce.
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Winik Sartwell for Carolina Public Press
Deserting Women
Rural North Carolina counties are seeing growing deserts of health services for women at local hospitals, with serious health implications. Multiple pressures are driving this trend. But solutions may be available.
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Jerry L Mennenga for the Flatwater Free Press
Nebraska Evolving
The perception is that Nebraska’s smaller communities are dying. The reality is that many rural Nebraska counties are now growing for one reason. Immigration.
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Proposed $25M cut to bird flu aid for farmers could leave Pa. unprepared for surge, GOP lawmakers fear
April 02, 2025
The agriculture department wants to reroute most of those dollars to other needs, such as using $15 million for agriculture innovation grants and $8 million for food assistance programs.
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Feds plan to remove all wild horses from 2.1M acres of Wyoming’s ‘checkerboard’ starting in July
April 01, 2025
Complete removal of nonnative equines from the Great Divide Basin, Salt Wells Creek and the northwest portion of the Adobe Town herd management areas still faces a public review process and legal appeal.
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‘Spinning our wheels’: As West Virginia’s housing crisis worsens, lawmakers put solutions on the back burner
April 01, 2025
As rapid growth and tourism drive up housing costs across West Virginia, lawmakers have done little to respond to the escalating crisis — and time has run out for them to take action this session.
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Dozens of community projects halted after federal funding was omitted from Congressional stop-gap spending bill
April 01, 2025
Congress passed a continuing resolution to avoid a government shutdown in mid-March, amid a partisan fight over federal spending. That continuing resolution left out tens of millions of dollars in funding for Southwest and Southside community projects.
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New Mexico becomes 20th state to guarantee students’ right to wear regalia
March 31, 2025
New Mexico officials are hoping that Native high school students celebrate their identity in upcoming graduation ceremonies under a new law securing their right to wear culturally significant clothing, accessories and objects during school events.
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Amid Threat of Massive Funding Cuts, Rural School Administrators Work Overtime to Balance Uncertain Budgets
March 31, 2025
As school administrators strive to improve their schools for students, teachers, and communities, the growing threat of budget cuts adds even more pressure to an already enormous task.
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Why Indigenous nations are walking away from pipeline talks in Michigan
March 31, 2025
Experts say tribes are protesting federal agencies as Trump fast tracks oil and gas projects.
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In Appalachia, a developer hopes to offer refuge to conservative Christians fleeing blue states
March 28, 2025
The venture, which has involved several prominent conservative voices, has drawn the concern of locals who don’t want to see Christian nationalism take over their community.
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3 dead, more than 200 rescued in South Texas after severe storms cause flooding
March 28, 2025
Homes were inundated with water and cars were abandoned across the Rio Grande Valley region.