Rural Success Story

Governor Whitmer’s Creates New Office of Rural Development

This week, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced the creation of a new Office of Rural Development.

Rescue Plan’s Expansions of Earned Income Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit Benefits Rural Residents

Rural communities — both nationally and in most states — will benefit disproportionately from the American Rescue Plan’s temporary expansions of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Child Tax Credit.

Federal Funding Allocated To Support Rural Hospitals Facing the Brunt of the Covid-19 Pandemic

As the COVID-19 pandemic battered large, metropolitan areas this spring, rural hospitals prepared to be next on the frontlines.