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As the city takes on additional mass transit services with CRIS Rural Mass Transit's closure, the Danville City Council Tuesday night approved hiring additional staff and salary increases. The council ...

Rural areas saw a 16.6% increase in people experiencing homelessness between 2023 and 2025, according to Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority data. During that same time period, urban ...

Fallon’s New Frontier Treatment Center held a ribbon cutting ceremony Jan. 13 for a $3.7 million expansion funded by the U.S.

Florida’s 2026 session features aggressive reforms to expand housing supply, adjust funding, and curb future price spikes.

The process would address past criticisms of urban service boundary expansions being untransparent and ill-researched.

Farm Credit Mid-America is now accepting applications for its Customer Scholarships and Farm Credit Mid-America Scholars Program. Over the past decade, the Association has awarded more than $2 million ...

Hospital administrators are preparing to apply for federal dollars designed to support rural health amid Medicaid cuts.

The Florida Senate is not giving up on a “rural renaissance.” Wednesday, the second day of the regular legislative session, ...

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today announced the latest slate of presidential appointments for key Farm Service Agency and Rural Development State Director roles. Brooke Rollins/ ...

Local agriculture leaders, along with the United States Department of Agriculture Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden, discussed ...