There are numerous challenges to providing high quality STEM education and workforce development in rural areas. Recognizing these challenges, the National Academies was directed to undertake a ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A bold step toward tackling the housing crisis in rural America has just been announced. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is injecting $12 million into the ...

JOHOR has welcomed an increase in federal funding for rural development, which reflects continued commitment to improving ...

An urgent reconsideration of rural development is needed for achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The current strategies and patterns of rural development are failing to meet either ...

Ten rural Georgia counties will receive a combined $8 million as part of the state’s second round of grants in an initiative to develop rural sites, Gov. Brian Kemp announced last week. The grants are ...

How do we build thriving rural communities in the 21st century? The labor-intensive, extractive industries paradigm that has long powered rural economies—think agriculture, manufacturing, mining, ...

Rural Iowa communities received more than $8 million in grants and loans from the USDA Rural Development to improve water and ...

A wide-ranging proposal dubbed the "rural renaissance bill" is back and ready to be heard by the full chamber in January.

In a gesture both symbolic and strategic, the General Assembly declared July 6 as World Rural Development Day, reaffirming its unwavering commitment to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.