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Saturday, January 21, 2017

Study: Medicaid expansion in 2014 didn't cause migration from non-expansion to expansion states

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There is "little to no evidence" that some states' expansion of Medicaid under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act...
Friday, January 20, 2017

Fact-checking President Trump's inaugural address

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Photo via newsoneplace.com "Generally, inaugural addresses are not designed to be fact-checked. But President Trump’s address was ...

Award-winning publisher of small paper takes helm of Ky. Press Association, challenges his colleagues

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By Al Cross Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues The editor-publisher of the paper judged the state's best weekly ...

Rise of college-educated Asian immigrants means U.S.-Mexico border wall won't stop immigration

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Building a wall along the U.S./Mexico border won't do much to stem the flow of immigrants into the U.S. and protect Americans from losi...

Global warming could hurt crop yields significantly

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Comparison of statistically estimated effects of temperatures on observed and simulated U.S. yields in rainfed counties Rising temperat...

Vilsack says naming former labor secretary Perez DNC chair could help party win back rural voters

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Tom Perez ( Getty Images ) Former Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said electing outgoing Secretary of Labor Tom Perez chairman of the...

About 1.4 million rural residents signed up for insurance through federally managed marketplace

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About 1.4 million rural Americans purchased health care last year through the federally managed marketplace, about 10 percent more than in ...

Trump uses journalists as political props, but media did ignore rural areas, says NBC's Chuck Todd

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Chuck Todd on his main set Chuck Todd of  NBC News  said that during the presidential election, journalists, who are mainly based in le...

Rural Mainstreet Index in farm-and-energy heartland remains negative for 17th straight month

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The Rural Mainstreet Index remained below 50 for the 17th straight month, indicating economic weakness in the 10-state region that stretc...

Why dozens of longtime Democratic counties in the rural Midwest voted for Trump

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Trempealeau County, Wisconsin ( Wikipedia map) home to 29,000, is a perfect example of how Donald Trump's surprise presidential elec...
Thursday, January 19, 2017

Trump picks former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue for agriculture secretary, filling out his Cabinet

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Sonny Perdue and his wife Mary introducing then Indiana Gov. Mike Pence in August in Perry, Ga. (Macon Telegraph photo by Woody Marshall...

Drug firm to pay $150 million penalty in opioid case

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McKesson Corp. , one of the nation’s largest pharmaceutical distributors, agreed on Tuesday "to pay a record $150 million civil penalt...

Obama left a legacy in Appalachia that Trump should continue, Ky. paper says in editorial

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President Obama's legacy in Appalachia was greater than people give him credit for, says an editorial in the Lexington Herald-Leader...

Journalists can't allow attention-seeking Trump clones to build a following, says writing coach

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Jim Stasiowski President-elect Donald Trump's successful campaign, fueled by journalists giving plenty of press to his entertainmen...

Washington Post adds reporter who will focus on divide between rural and urban Americans

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Jose DelReal The Washington Post  recently added five reporters, including one who will focus on the rural-urban divide, the Post repor...
Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Trump still has yet to name USDA head, leading to concern that agriculture is not a high priority

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President-elect Donald Trump's lack of decision on an agriculture secretary—the only Cabinet position he has not named—"has become...

Pair of Senate bills introduced to fund health care benefits for retired coal miners and dependents

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A pair of Senate bills were introduced to fund health-care benefits for retired coal miners and their widows, Curtis Tate reports for McCl...

Trump 'worst possible scenario' for climate action, scientist says; places blame on mainstream media

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Michael Mann speaking at the American Climate Leadership Summit Electing Donald Trump president was the "worst possible scenario...

Legislation introduced to get historic Delta Queen back in business

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Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) have sponsored legislation to get the historic Delta Queen back on the Mississipp...

Government regulations result in less than 1% of layoffs, says Environmental Integrity Project study

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Government regulations, such as the Obama administration's environmental regulations that are being blamed for the downturn in coal, cau...