ST. PAUL -- Rural Minnesota is short of medical professionals, and many health advocates are lining up behind a proposal to partially forgive student loans of graduates who practice in rural areas.

Acting Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Joel Baxley last week announced that USDA is providing $858 million in loans to upgrade rural electric systems in 17 states. The funding ...

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(CNN) — Slower mortgage approvals, stalled rural home loans and a freeze on new flood insurance policies: The government shutdown, which began at midnight on October 1, could gum up some of the gears ...

There's a rural-urban divide in the Paycheck Protection Program – and it doesn't stop at the loan. It's also affecting forgiveness. Rural business owners on average got smaller Small Business ...

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Photo caption: The historic district of Grand Coteau, Louisiana. Photo courtesy Facebook/Town of Grand Coteau. A bill to help the state’s small rural communities to fund infrastructure projects and ...