Texas is withdrawing from a multistate antitrust lawsuit seeking to block a proposed $26.5 billion merger of telecommunication giants T-Mobile and Sprint that critics say would raise prices for consumers, particularly those in rural areas.
Read moreThe gap between personal incomes in rural farming communities and communities with recreation-based economies is widening in rural America, a new federal report released Wednesday says.
Read moreLarge swaths of rural Texas continue to lag far behind the state’s major metropolitan areas when it comes to high-speed internet, at a time when the United Nations considers online access to be a basic human right.
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Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris on Thursday promised to reverse President Donald Trump’s “betrayal toward rural America” by ending corporate tax breaks and investing over $100 billion in small businesses and towns.
Read moreThe owner of famed French rooster Maurice emerged victorious on Thursday from a legal battle with her neighbors over his early-morning crowing, with a court upholding the bird’s right to sing in the day.
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When President Donald Trump levied tariffs on China that scrambled global markets, Iowa farmer Randy Miller was willing to absorb the financial hit. Even as the soybeans in his fields an hour south of Des Moines became less valuable, Miller saw long-term promise in Trump’s efforts to rebalance America’s trade relationship with Beijing.
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Rebuking the White House for giving some oil refiners a pass on the amount of ethanol they must mix into gasoline, U.S. Senator and Democratic hopeful Amy Klobuchar accused the president Thursday of breaking his promises to rural farmers.
Read moreIn another push to win voters outside liberal strongholds, South Bend, Indiana, mayor and Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg rolled out an economic plan Tuesday to reinvigorate rural America by encouraging entrepreneurship, investing in technology and empowering workers.
Read moreWarning that “time is running out to get it right,” South Bend, Indiana, mayor and Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg unveiled a plan Friday to promote affordable, expansive health care for rural Americans and Native American tribes.
Read moreWhen is an unincorporated town more rural than urban? In Wisconsin, the answer may depend on whether one lives in
Read morePresident Donald Trump has pledged to revitalize the nation’s coal industry but employment in that sector is at a record low, according to federal data, and many major coal-burning power plants across Appalachia are using other fuels or closing down entirely.
Read moreThe D.C. Circuit on Friday vacated an order by the Federal Communications Commission limiting federal subsidies for wireless providers bringing service to tribal lands, finding it unfairly impacted access and affordability for Native Americans.
Read moreA panel of D.C. Circuit judges appeared sympathetic Thursday to wireless providers that are no longer entitled to federal subsidies for bringing service to rural tribal lands.
Read moreSeven development districts claim in court that the Kentucky Department of Local Government is illegally withholding hundreds of thousands of dollars earmarked for rural jobs programs, public safety and elderly care to fill a gap left by a budget shortfall.
Read moreA majority of American communities feel misunderstood by outsiders, but also consider themselves poised to understand outsiders’ problems, according to a Pew Research Center survey released Tuesday.
Read morePresident Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order directing his new agriculture secretary to identify and eliminate what Trump says are unnecessary regulations that hurt farmers and rural communities.
Read moreSenators on Wednesday heard of the challenges they will have to overcome to meet President Donald Trump’s plan to improve the country’s infrastructure, one of the few White House goals that has a measure of bipartisan support in Congress.
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