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Justice40 Initiative Next Step: $800 Million to Combat Climate Change Across Rural America

WASHINGTON, April 22, 2022 On Earth Day, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced $800 Million in climate-smart infrastructure investments across 40 states,...

Rural Playbook Tour – Stop Number Two: Greensboro, North Carolina

President Joe Biden will continue the Rural Playbook Tour with a second of 25 stops across the country when he visits Greensboro, North Carolina...

President Biden Launches Rural Tour Highlighting Federal Infrastructure Investments in Small Towns and Rural Communities

Today, President Biden kicked off a three week rural America tour as part of a Building A Better America rural infrastructure tour to talk...

‘Stealth’ economy for tribes hides billions of dollars in jobs, growth and revenue for rural communities

by Mark Trahant / Indian Country Today, WisconsinWatch.org April 4, 2022 This story is part of a collaborative series, “At the Crossroads," from the Institute for...

Report: One Year of ARPA In Iowa

On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), one of the largest infusions of funding directly to small towns...