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Items of Interest
Small Main Street Businesses Revitalize Rural MS Town
New York Times higlights the work of four entrepreneurial women to revitalize rural Water Valley, Mississippi.
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WH Rural Council Announces Three New Initiatives
The White House Rural Council announces three new initiatives to leverage existing programs and funding to drive economic growth in rural communities.
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Upcoming Conference on Rural Wealth Creation
On October 3-5,2011, the USDA Economic Research Service and Ford Foundation will convene a national conference in Washington DC: Rural Wealth Creation and Livelihoods: A National Conference and Conversation for Practitioners, Researchers, and Policymakers
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The Myth of Rural 'Subsidies'
This week Washington Post columnist Ezra Klein and Ag Secretary Vilsack had a very public disagreement regarding the importance of federal investments in rural America. Bill Bishop at the Daily Yonder offers a very interesting perspective…
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RUPRI Participates in Health Reform Briefing
Getting Connected: Improving Access to Health Care in Rural Communities.
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Health Reform: Why Was the Endgame So Difficult? By Tim McBride, PhD, RUPRI Rural Health Panel
Understanding how health reform was structured and negotiated to strike the right ideological mix of votes can be helpful in future legislative design.
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Secretary Vilsack Highlights Need for Revitalized Rural Economy
Secretary Vilsack, kicking off the National Rural Summit in Hillsboro, Missouri, calls for a renewed attention to rebuilding and revitalizing our rural economies in a blog posting on the Huffington Post.
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Rural Health Care Funding Supported by Senate Rural Health Caucus
Senate Rural Health Caucus asks for continued support for rural health care programs in FY 2011 Appropriations.
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Partners for Rural America / USDA to Host Regional Rural Summits
Partners for Rural America has been commissioned by USDA Rural Development ho conduct four regional summits on Rural Innovation. The first will be held in the Northeast, April 12-13.
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Rural Community College Day in DC
On February 24, a delegation of rural community college leaders met with stakeholders in Washington DC.
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Average Annual Compensation per job Released by BEA
The Bureau of Economic Analysis recently released data on average compensation for job for all U.S. counties, and the change from 2007 to 2008.
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New York Times Maps Food Stamp Usage
A recent interactive map from the New York Times maps food stamp usage by county in the U.S.
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October APHSA Magazine Focuses on Rural
The October issues of the American Public Human Services Association's Policy and Practice Magazine, is focused on rural issues.
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New Data on Income and Poverty
The U.S. Census Bureau recently released data on income, poverty, and health insurance coverage in the U.S. for 2008.
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Upcoming RCCA Annual Conference
The Rural Community College Alliance is planning it's annual conference, October 14-15 in New Hampshire.
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Midwest Rural Assembly will Bring Together Policy Makers and Rural Residents
The Midwest Rural Assembly will be held August 10-11, 2009 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The Assembly will bring together national, state, and local level policymakers and rural residents.
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RUPRI National Advisory Board
On July 8, the RUPRI National Advisory Board met via conference call. The first order of business was to welcome Roger Johnson, new president of the National Farmers Union, to the Board.
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Racial and Ethnic Minorities in Rural America
Recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau show that the total population in the United States grew to 304,059,724 in 2008 - up 0.9 percent from 2007, and an increase of 8.0 percent from the 2000 Census.
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The Oldest Populations in the U.S.
The U.S. Census Bureau recently released county level estimates of the population, by age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin through July 2008. For 2008, the median age in the U.S. was 38.1, up from 36.5 in 2000. The percent of the population age 65 and over also slightly increased, from 12.4 in 2000 to 12.8 in 2008.
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New Per Capita Income Data from BEA
New data was recently released from the Bureau of Economic Analysis of income, earnings, and employment in all counties of the US for 2007.
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