Rural Communities

"Broadband access involves all aspects of rural development," Jones said. "It includes schools, adult learning, support for employment, farming, etcetera."

Amid all the noise, it’s important to ensure that one aspect of the rulemaking not be overlooked: its huge impact on rural America.

"We have a high degree of know-how. We have a low degree of do-how," Herbert said, which needs to change.

Raj Chetty’s massive national study turns conventional wisdom on its head about the best places to grow up.

Montana & Idaho Community Development Corporation offers low-interest, long-term loans to public bodies, non-profits, and federally-recognized tribes in communities of
less than 20,000 people.

The efforts of eight states to enact work requirements for Medicaid recipients could create special problems for rural participants, according to a new study.

Small town and rural small businesses will benefit from trends that range from high-tech to hygge.

We’re relying on tech to produce the jobs that will replace or reinvent dying industries, and we’re crossing our fingers that entrepreneurs around the country will spread those opportunities beyond the coastal hubs.

Rural America has a problem with its image, one that
may come to haunt both the Trump administration and the
Democrats as they try to address the region’s problems and
promote economic development.

"Clean, reliable water is critical to a healthy economy," Tester said. "These resources will help Montana communities make essential infrastructure upgrades, support good-paying jobs, and increase access to clean drinking water and wastewater.