Rural job growth lags behind metro counties

Metro areas across the country experienced job growth during the past year, especially those with more than one million people. Meanwhile rural counties saw only 8 percent growth, according to The Daily Yonder.

Despite rural poverty in US, many areas are thriving

Rural working class Americans have had a hard time making ends meet in recent decades, but some sections of the country are doing better than others, including around the American West, Montana and New Mexico among them.

Senators support Community Development Block Grant program

The legislation would also create a Department of the Treasury account specifically for disaster relief, and also requires that no less than 70 percent of funds benefit low- and moderate-income people.

California’s vulnerability to wildfires affects water districts’ liability

While recent wildfires in California have destroyed land and structures, and   killed residents, their threat to water districts has received less attention but is just as devastating.

Amid lack of federal investment in drinking water infrastructure, prices continue to increase

Although Congress and the White House have assured Americans of a plan to invest in drinking water pipes and sewage treatment plants, both rural and urban communities are for now relying on existing loans and grants. Meanwhile, drinking water costs are rising, albeit incrementally.