Much of the nuclear power world has eyes on a Bill Gates-backed project near Kemmerer, Wyoming. As it inches closer to its 2030 opening date, the town struggles to meet its own infrastructure needs.

Taxpayer-funded Essential Air Service ensures people in remote communities can get to family engagements and medical appointments.

The Essential Air Service program funds commercial flights to small airports around the country. The Trump White House has proposed cutting that funding by half.

In Tennessee, the chances of negotiating legally-binding “community benefits agreements” with major companies have been curbed by lawmakers. 

Some city-dwellers are heeding the call of China’s government for people to return and revive the countryside.

Only two states with significant rural populations have laws that require employers to offer sick days.

High gas prices threaten food security as well as people’s ability to keep the lights on and protect themselves from the cold.