Erie worries its natural beauty — and tourism — will suffer under budget cutsBy Erika BerasJune 12, 2017Erika BerasFederal funds help fight beach erosion, protecting an industry that draws $1 billion a year from visitors.POSTED IN: tourism Travel Lake Erie business rural America politics ListenreadDownloadDownload
3 things you may have missed about Trump's budgetBy Janet NguyenMay 25, 2017Mark Wilson/Getty ImagesA look at how the education system could be impacted and how Trump's voter base might react.POSTED IN: Trump budget rural America voters SNAP food stamps college graduation rates college nontraditional students debt ceiling read
How health care is healing Erie's ailing economy By Erika BerasMay 24, 2017Erika BerasThe city's two biggest hospital systems employ nearly 7,000 people. POSTED IN: health care business Economy erie rural America hospitals Health ListenreadDownloadDownload
Rural America weighs the economic realities of proposed federal budget cuts By Mitchell HartmanMay 23, 2017Mitchell Hartman/MarketplacePresident Trump calls for the USDA to be cut by 21 percent. Rural areas have a lot of federal employment and funding at stake. POSTED IN: Agriculture Department budget cuts USDA rural America Trump administration Economy business ListenreadDownloadDownload
At a bait shop in Erie, Pennsylvania, faith in government is waning By Kai RyssdalApril 28, 2017Caitlin Esch“It’s every man for himself.” POSTED IN: business erie Economy politics rural America ListenreadDownloadDownload
Rural Georgia residents are hit hard by local hospital closureBy Elly YuApril 07, 2017Elly Yu'Without health care, people don’t want to stay here. I don't blame them,' a former nurse says.POSTED IN: rural hospitals health care hospitals Medicare medicaid hospital closures ListenreadDownloadDownload
Rebuilding Corry, Pennsylvania, one store at a time By Reema KhraisApril 05, 2017Caitlin Esch/MarketplaceA group of women business owners has a plan to revive the former oil boomtown.POSTED IN: business Pennsylvania erie Economy rural America ListenreadDownloadDownload
Your internet data may be up for saleBy Molly WoodMarch 27, 2017Alex Wong/Getty ImagesThe U.S. Senate voted to kill the FCC's broadband privacy rules. The House will vote Tuesday.POSTED IN: Tech fcc internet privacy business world broadband internet service providers Internet ListenreadDownloadDownload
New York plans to boost broadband infrastructureBy Aaron SchrankMarch 24, 2017POSTED IN: Tech wi-fi broadband New York business rural broadband rural America ListenreadDownloadDownload
