by vermilion_admin | 2025 | Rural Spotlight
Federal funding crucial component for community project For years, the school heating system in Yakutat hadn’t been working right. This problem had chilling consequences. “Our children were actually cold,” said Rhoda Jensen, Yakutat Tlingit Tribe executive...
by vermilion_admin | 2025 | Rural Spotlight
Appalachian advocates draw on personal experience In the Summer of 2025, Congress and the president cut over a trillion dollars from Medicaid health insurance. Marcia Dinkins wants everyone to understand the life-and-death consequences. This year, Dinkins’ adult...
by vermilion_admin | 2025 | Rural Spotlight
Will Washington Help or Hinder? In Marshalltown, Iowa, the spirit of American entrepreneurship is alive and well. Residents have opened businesses, among them a grocery store offering fresh food that has created over 20 jobs. These establishments improve quality of...
by vermilion_admin | 2025 | Rural Spotlight
By investing in rural organizing, 21 rural counties voted to raise wages and enact a paid sick policy In a meeting to decide how to proceed on a ballot measure, the sentiment was clear: workers were tired of being told to compromise before they even got to the...
by vermilion_admin | 2023 | Rural Spotlight
While we serve in different levels of government in different parts of the country, we see the same challenge. As elected officials we hear from our constituents that recent federal legislation promising a lifeline to our communities is more of the same from...
