From hospital closures in rural America to soaring child care costs, policy failures are squeezing poor households. A moral ...

The free federal child care program provides not only support for children, but an economic boost to small communities and direct support for parents.

The Trump Administration asked states to find the lowest-cost option in the latest program to build broadband infrastructure ...

At the center of this betrayal is a bill wrapped in classic Orwellian doublespeak: the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill.” ...

The status quo has failed rural patients. Throwing money at struggling hospital operations is like a Band-Aid on a severed artery.

I t is unclear what the effects of AI energy consumption will mean for the availability of electricity across the country. It remains unclear how much energy data centers will consume. The capacity of ...

In its August poll, ActiVote found that 59 percent of rural Americans approved of Trump while 37 percent disapproved of the president. This gave him a net approval rating of +22 points. However, in ...

Drive around the county and you'll soon find that it is all those things. And while the bulk of the population (80 percent) lives in more urbanized areas, the 38 municipalities of Erie County comprise ...

The state’s Democratic Party held an Aug. 26 press conference to warn about the impact Trump’s signature legislation could have on rural healthcare. Medicaid cuts resulting from the ‘One Big Beautiful ...