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.

Under new Trump administration rules, students won't be able to borrow as much for medical or nursing school or some other ...

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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...

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