The Rural Blog

A digest of events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism from and about rural America, by the Institute for Rural Journalism, based at the University of Kentucky. Links may expire, require subscription or go behind pay walls. Please send news and knowledge you think would be useful to benjy.hamm@uky.edu.

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A small university town in southern Illinois 'leads the nation in out-of-state abortion patients'

Telemedicine provides abortion access for rural women in states where the procedure is restricted or banned

New doctors are avoiding abortion ban states, new analysis shows. Restrictions may add to mutiple-care shortages.

Rural and urban residents share many views on politics and the economy, a new survey shows

Rural voters in Ohio shift from Republican party policies; many who favored Trump supported abortion rights

Rural commentators on PBS, from right and left, agree Haley had strongest peformance in Republican debate

State supermajorities, at highest level in 40 years, mean one party's agenda moves forward and the other is powerless

Abortion clinic opens in Wyoming, where state constitution and 'hands-off conservatism' make it possible, for now

North Country Public Radio wins 3 Sigma Delta Chi awards; coverage of wildfires, prisons, Uvalde shooting also win

Rural communities are becoming abortion battlegrounds

As abortion heads for the high court again, battles among states will provide even more conflicts on the issue

Wis. puts on top court a judge who broke norms by taking positions on big issues; some rural counties shifted her way

New abortion clinics change blue-state towns near borders

Some anti-abortion states consider extending Medicaid to likely increasing number of pregnant women

News-media roundup: 2022 opinion and research gems, predictions and advice for journalism; Alaska weeklies die

Voters expand Medicaid in S.D., reject abortion restriction in Ky., approve recreational marijuana in Mo. and Md.

Rural turnout has lagged in recent special elections, but Republicans say that's not a good predictor for the midterms

Group that helps with abortion access in Midwest, including flights from small, rural airports, sees a spike in interest

Democrat wins U.S. House seat in largely rural N.Y. district; Republican wins the other, but Dems seem more motivated

In post-Roe America, some teenagers are stepping up to get and give sex education when their schools are hamstrung