Republicans on the House Agriculture Committee are offering to advance some Democratic policy priorities on issues ranging from nutrition assistance to rural community aid in a bid to win bipartisan support for a new farm bill.
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Wisconsin Towns Association director Mike Koles had a clear message as he sat before a panel of lawmakers recently: America’s rural roads, bridges and culverts are deteriorating.
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The Biden administration announced $772.6 million Wednesday to support more than 200 projects in rural communities, addressing high-speed internet, drinking water and wastewater.
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A new poll suggests Democrats face some strong headwinds in rural areas of the states that will determine control of the U.S. Senate for the next two years. Three-quarters of battleground rural voters say the economy isn’t working for them and half don’t expect their finances to improve in the next year, according to the survey sponsored, and published this week, by the online journal Daily Yonder.
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Former Rep. Xochitl Torres Small has been confirmed by the Senate to become the Agriculture Department’s undersecretary for rural development.
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