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Friday, September 12, 2014

Contest to award millions to towns and cities to stimulate growth and revitalization

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Communities in 27 states have a chance to earn millions of dollars to stimulate growth and revitalization as part of America's Best Comm...

Democrat says rural voters in Ga., Ky. are key to elections that could determine Senate control

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Rural voters could be the deciding factor in two key Senate races in Kentucky and Georgia that could allow Democrats to retain control of t...

High levels of cancer-causing gas found in oil and gas sites, CDC study says

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Oil and gas workers are being exposed to dangerous levels of benzene, a colorless gas that can cause cancer, says a study by the National I...

Opposing lawmakers team up to introduce House legislation that benefits displaced miners

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A pair of House lawmakers plan to introduce a bipartisan bill "to create a program that provides paid job training and benefits to coa...

Rural areas to be focus of next ACA enrollment; distance, lack of broadband remain problems

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States and non-profit groups will focus on rural areas in the next round of strategies to get more people enrolled in federal health reform...
Thursday, September 11, 2014

Rural residents less likely than urban ones to live alone; map has county-level data

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Rural Americans are less likely to live alone. The number of Americans living in one-person households has risen from 5 percent in the 1920s...

Yale, Penn State studies offer different takes on health issues related to Pennsylvania fracking

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A pair of recently released studies in Pennsylvania—one supported by environmental groups, the other backed by the oil and gas industry—foun...

Senators grill railroad operators about shipping delays for crops

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Senators at a congressional hearing on Wednesday accused the railway industry of purposely delaying shipments of agricultural products—leadi...

Rural minority is the majority when it comes to keeping Republicans in control of the House

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Securing the urban vote has helped Democrats take control of the Senate and win the popular vote in most of the recent presidential election...

College named after Robert E. Lee removes Confederate flags after students complain

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A college named after Robert E. Lee has removed Confederate flags from its campus after law students "complained because they had to ...
Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Employee-sponsored family health care premiums are up 3 percent in 2014, employer survey says

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Employer-sponsored family health care premiums have increased 3 percent this year over last year, with workers paying an average of $4,823 a...

Brutal video exposes partner abuse concerns; October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month

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Domestic Violence Awareness Month doesn't begin for another three weeks, but now might be a good time to begin writing stories, especia...

Anglers unknowingly hurting Great Lakes by dumping unused bait with invasive species DNA

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Invasive species, such as Asian carp, have been threatening Lake Michigan and the other Great Lakes , creating fear that the region's ...

Sept. 17 forum in D.C. on EPA's proposed water rules will be audiocast

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The next Farm Foundation forum is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. (ET) on Sept. 17 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. The fre...

GOP-led House blocks EPA proposed water rules: Obama expected to veto bill if it passes Senate

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The Republican-led House on Tuesday "approved a bill to block the Obama administration from implementing a rule that asserts regulato...

Republican legislators offer differing views on splitting farm bill; nutrition is the hot topic

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While speaking on Tuesday in Washington to the produce organization United Fresh , two Republican legislators expressed very different opini...
Tuesday, September 09, 2014

Depression talk should not be taboo; rural weekly's news editor details her struggles with it

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By Tim Mandell Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues Depression is a subject people often shy away from discussing, but a ...

Cooperative Extension services are becoming more diverse, nimble and technological

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With smaller budgets, fewer farmers, a more diverse population and modern technology, the extension agents across the country are remaining...

Most wind-power capacity is in GOP districts, but many Republicans oppose extending its tax credit

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In many states, heated battles are brewing over wind turbines, which have been welcomed by some "as an economic boon to landowners ...

Climate change will disrupt habitats of over half of North American birds, Audubon Society says

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A National Audubon Society report says that climate change will force more than half of the approximately 650 species of birds in North A...