California’s groundwater of growing importance amid drought

Because California’s groundwater is becoming increasingly critical as drought becomes more common in the state, the next administration should make sustaining it a top priority, according to the Public Policy Institute of California.

California, a rich state, is also among the nation’s poorest

Factoring in living costs, nearly 20 percent of Californians were living below the poverty line in 2015, 2016 and 2017, making the state the poorest in the country. The national average of Americans living in poverty those same years was 14 percent.

Rising costs and lack of government assistance contributes to more than half-a-million American homes without water

An estimated 1.4 million Americans lost their water service in 2016, according to a nonprofit organization that advocates for affordable and safe food and water.

Rural Americans favor outside help with opioid crisis, economy

Despite long-held beliefs that rural Americans don’t want help from the government or outsiders, a recent poll says that could be changing.

Report says rural wages are growing faster than urban

A recent report shows that while urban areas tend to have the highest wages overall, rural wages are growing at a faster pace. According to City Lab, the myth that success is only to be found in urban areas is false.