#rural-america

#rural-america

The stakeholders below represent a broad cross-section of entities with a vested interest in the vitality and long-term viability of rural America.

The Trump administration plans to cancel significant funding for grants aimed at studying environmental hazards for children in rural America, impacting vital research and solutions.

Rural areas have a hard time competing with larger cities that offer more job opportunities and higher wages to young residents and families.

"Too often, rural equals white in the popular imagination. But in reality, one in five Americans lives in rural areas, and nearly a quarter of those are people of color," said Xavier Morales, executive director of The Praxis Project, dismantling the myth that rural America is overwhelmingly white.

Gov. Tim Walz appealed to rural voters in Pennsylvania, highlighting issues in their communities while criticizing Republican leaders as the true outsiders damaging rural America.

Gov. Walz emphasized his rural roots and bipartisan experience while criticizing Trump's lack of service understanding and warning about conservative proposals and a second Trump term.