May 31, 2024 | 10:05 AM
tag | rural america
November 10, 2023 | 10:02 AM
Inequitable school funding leaves behind children living in poverty and in rural areas, study says
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
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.”
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.
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.
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.
May 28, 2020 | 8:49 AM
