Saturday, June 28, 2025

Op-ed by Alaska legislators decries likely effect of "Big Beautiful Bill, "especially in rural areas

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Bryce Edgmon and Cathy Giessel of the Alaska legislature have published an op-ed in today's New York Times, " Our State Cannot Sur...
Thursday, June 26, 2025

Supreme Court decision on Planned Parenthood and Medicaid will undermine rural health

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The U.S. Supreme Court today ruled (quoting the Associated Press ) that  States can block the country’s biggest abortion provider, Planned P...
Wednesday, June 25, 2025

A distinctive angle on shifting rural livelihooods

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Marketplace (American Public Media) reported this week on the impact of the rising price of silver on the livelihoods of indigenous silvers...
Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Buffalo National River watershed finally gets permanent protection from industrial agriculture

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I've written a great, great deal about the Buffalo National River over the years, including when a hog CAFO was sited on the banks of on...
Monday, June 23, 2025

Black lung spreads to younger miners due to complications from silica

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Kate Morgan reports from the New York Times from a trip across Appalachia to learn about black lung disease's newest manifestation, wh...
Saturday, June 21, 2025

Another rural hospital at risk, this one in northern California

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Ana Ibarra reports for Cal Matters from Willows, in Glenn County. home of a small hospital, the Glenn Medical Center, which is under threat...
Friday, June 20, 2025

From Congresswoman Gluesenkamp Perez on public media

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I've written often on this blog of Congresswoman Gluesenkamp Perez's campaigns and stance s; she represents WA-03 in the southwest c...
Thursday, June 19, 2025

CLE on recruiting and retaining rural lawyers sponsored by Virginia Bar Association

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See the announcement here for the program on June 26 at 12:00 pm/noon Eastern.  I'm cutting and pasting core details below.    Recruitin...
Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Trump administration flip flops again on immigration enforcement in the agriculture sector

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I wrote late last week about Trump's moratorium on immigration enforcement in the agriculture and hospitality sectors, and he has alread...
Monday, June 16, 2025

My Rural Travelogue (XLI): Exploring rural Japan amidst rising rice prices

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Truck delivering rice plants in Nagahama, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, May 2025 I traveled to Japan for the first time in late May, which happen...
Friday, June 13, 2025

California deploys new plan to prevent wolf attacks in north state

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Grey wolves returned to California more than a decade ago, and conflicts between ranchers and wolves are becoming more common, especially in...