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LATEST NEWS FROM THE NETWORK
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Trump’s Tariffs Will Hurt Rural Healthcare Centers and Medical Suppliers, Experts Warn
June 23, 2025
President Trump’s decision to include medical devices in new tariff policies is sparking concern among healthcare experts, who warn that rural hospitals, clinics, and medical equipment suppliers could face sharp cost increases as a result.
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Cuts to National Endowment for the Humanities Hit Rural Montana, Other States Hard
April 28, 2025
A group serving some of Montana’s smallest and most remote areas has seen devastating cuts to its programming. Sudden forced pivot to private donors proves challenging, administrators say.
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Preserving Cherokee Language Ten Books at a Time
April 25, 2025
A collaboration between the New Kituwah Academy and Western Carolina University produces screen-printed books for learning Cherokee in a way that captures and reflects cultural sensibilities of the Tribe.
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Amid Ongoing Threats to Local Food Systems, Alaska Native and Rural Alaskan Leaders Imagine Alternatives
April 23, 2025
Cascading environmental, economic, and political factors are making it increasingly challenging to put food on the table in rural Alaska. These communities are looking to the past, and the future, for solutions.
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Rural Pharmacies Are Transforming to Take on More Healthcare Responsibilities
April 09, 2025
With the shortage of medical professionals serving rural populations deepening, programs like “Flip the Pharmacy” help pharmacists move “from prescription-level care processes and into patient-level care processes.”
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Rural Youth Face Funding Cuts for Local Foods for Schools Program
April 02, 2025
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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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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Rural Letter Carriers Gather in Washington, D.C. to Oppose Privatization of the U.S. Postal Service
March 28, 2025
According to rural letter carriers rallying in Washington, D.C., privatizing USPS would mean degradation of postal services and an increase in costs for those living in rural and remote areas.
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Closures of EPA’s Regional Environmental Justice Offices Will Hurt Rural America
March 25, 2025
Former EPA employees warn that rural and underserved communities across the country will be left with fewer protections against environmental health hazards and limited options for recourse.
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GOP Cuts to Medicaid Could Threaten Rural Hospitals
March 17, 2025
Southwest Memorial Hospital in Cortez, Colorado, is a bedrock of the local community. But GOP cuts to Medicaid could threaten the financial viability of the center along with hospitals all across rural America.
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Retired Doctors Step Up in the Face of a Rural Health Care Crisis
March 11, 2025
In some rural areas, a dearth of healthcare workers is drawing retired doctors back into the workforce — out of necessity, a sense of duty to their communities, or simply love of the job.
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Farmers Still Owed Hundreds of Millions in REAP Payments After Federal Freeze
March 07, 2025
Thousands of farmers counting on funding from the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) are still waiting for government payments totaling $410 million across the country, despite recent partial release of funds by the USDA.
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Protecting Rural Immigrant Populations from Expanding Reach of ICE
March 05, 2025
In the northwest corner of Washington State, activists organize to assist local immigrant communities with legal protections against ICE trying to meet Trump administration’s deportation goals.
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Rural Education Research at Risk Under Trump
February 27, 2025
With at least 170 education department contracts shuttered, the future of a budding rural education research field is at stake.
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Federal Layoffs Will Hurt Rural Counties
February 21, 2025
Thousands of rural Americans are employed by the federal government in a variety of jobs across the nation. How will Trump’s employment purge hurt rural communities?
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