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Saturday, March 05, 2011

States can't reveal drug costs because federal law makes them secret; governor blames drug lobby

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When Montana journalists asked Gov. Brian Schweitzer, right, to reveal the prices the state pays for drugs in government health care progra...

Right-to-hunt laws piling up, absent any threat

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The list of states that make hunting and fishing a constitutional right seems likely to keep growing, as the Kentucky legislature put an ame...
Friday, March 04, 2011

Budget cuts turn more states to online education

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Online education, which can be an effective tool for leveling the playing field for rural schools, is catching on across the country. "...

Some regulators fear farmland price boom could be a bubble, mirroring the housing crisis

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Average price of farmland in Iowa, adjusted for inflation and unadjusted (click on image for larger version) Is the recent boom in farm...

North Carolina's ambition to become U.S. truffle capital encounters many obstacles

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In a perfect world, the emerging North Carolina truffle industry would be able to help replace the hole left in the state's economy by t...

Is pork inspirational? Pork producers now say so

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In June we reported the pork industry would change its "Other White Meat" brand, and now it has a new slogan: "Pork, Be Insp...

Urban paper does series on historical farms

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In a good example of rural coverage by a smaller newspaper in a tri-state metropolitan area, an Eastern Kentucky daily is publishing a serie...
Thursday, March 03, 2011

Almost all nursing homes have employees with criminal past, estimated at 5% of total staff

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Does your state require background checks for nursing-home employees? All of them? A new federal report says 92 percent of nursing homes emp...
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Let's observe Sunshine Week March 13-19

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It's time to plan your observance of Sunshine Week, the annual event that reminds Americans of the virtue of open government, citizen ac...

Education, Agriculture Depts. say USDA Rural Development can help schools with projects

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Rural school officials looking for alternative sources of financial support in the face of budget cuts should consult the Rural Development ...
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Illinois school plan targets 500 districts; report calls state-directed consolidations ineffective

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A plan from the Illinois governor that would eliminate around 500 of the state's 868 school districts through consolidation has the supp...

Indiana judge orders news outlets to help identify anonymous commenters for libel plaintiff

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An Indianapolis judge has ruled for the first time in Indiana that media outlets can be forced to reveal the identity of anonymous online co...

Oil could be next arena for fracking coverage

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Hydraulic fracturing in natural-gas drilling has received much attention lately, and oil drilling can present many of the same issues. ...

Biotech food foe says organic-farm rules don't do enough to limit genetically modified crops

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Organic farming advocates were among the most ardent opponents to recent U.S. Department of Agriculture approvals of genetically modified cr...
Wednesday, March 02, 2011

Congress cuts some education programs in legislation to keep government operating

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The stopgap spending bill that Congress passed today to keep the federal government running includes cuts in several education programs that...

Even if 'rural' gets a better definition, USDA Rural Development programs seem likely to be cut

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Rural development may be among the prime targets of federal spending cuts, since the benefits of those programs are not always immediately e...

Recycling wastewater from hydraulic fracturing presents its own set of challenges

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Natural-gas drilling companies began recycling wastewater from hydraulic fracturing operations after facing mounting criticism as the proces...

Webinar to focus on help for failing rural schools

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Successful strategies for turning around failing rural schools will be the subject of a March 16 webinar hosted by the Rural School and Comm...

Wendell Berry getting National Humanities Medal

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Author, poet, farmer, environmentalist and rural icon Wendell Berry is among the 19 Americans being honored for their work in the arts and h...
Tuesday, March 01, 2011

GAO report highlights overlaps, could lead to budget cuts; food and nutrition among them

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A new report from the Government Accountability Office highlights a plethora of overlapping government programs that cost U.S. taxpayers bi...