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November 10, 2023 | 10:02 AM

Inequitable school funding leaves behind children living in poverty and in rural areas, study says

By Sydney Roach/WPSU
February 19, 2023 | 7:44 AM

An activist group is spreading misinformation to stop solar projects in Pennsylvania and several other states

Citizens for Responsible Solar is part of a growing backlash against renewable energy in rural communities across the United States

By Miranda Green and Michael Copley/NPR
February 17, 2022 | 5:22 AM

‘The brand is so toxic’: Democrats fear extinction in rural Pennsylvania and across the country

“The hatred for Democrats is just unbelievable. I feel like we’re on the run.”

By Steve Peoples/The Associated Press

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February 18, 2021 | 11:53 AM

Rep. Doyle touts pandemic relief funding to boost broadband access

Americans who can’t afford to pay for internet access, or who live in rural parts of the country without broadband infrastructure, could get help from Congress’s next pandemic relief package.

By Lucy Perkins/WESA
December 28, 2020 | 6:09 PM

‘Toxic individualism’: Pandemic politics driving health care workers from small towns

The coronavirus has exposed a weakness in many rural communities, where divisive pandemic politics is alienating some of their most critical residents — health care workers.

By Frank Morris/KCUR
October 7, 2020 | 7:51 AM

Getting health care was already tough in rural areas. The pandemic has made it worse

Even before the pandemic, the health care systems that serve rural Americans were in decline: rural hospitals were closing their doors, and the medical workforce was shrinking. This year, as the coronavirus outbreak has made its way from major cities to rural America, threats to the rural health care infrastructure have only increased.
By Will Stone/NPR
May 28, 2020 | 8:49 AM

Why parts of rural America are pushing back on coronavirus restrictions

By Kirk Siegler/NPR
April 24, 2020 | 8:26 PM

Even in crisis times, there is a push to wire rural America

By Kirk Siegler/NPR