Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced the award of $31 million in loans and grants for organizations in 12 states to promote rural economic development. “These infrastructure investments ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is making $145 million in funding available for 700 loan and grant awards through the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP). The initiative aims to help rural ...

When a younger student asked to meet with fourth-year University of Washington medical student Brianna Cowin, she expected questions on what school will be like and the best ways to study. “But his ...

ST. PAUL - Interest is increasing in the restructure loan program offered through the Rural Finance Authority, deputy Minnesota Department of Agriculture commissioner Jim Boerboom told legislators ...

(CNN) — Slower mortgage approvals, stalled rural home loans and a freeze on new flood insurance policies: The government shutdown, which began at midnight on October 1, could gum up some of the gears ...

There's a rural-urban divide in the Paycheck Protection Program – and it doesn't stop at the loan. It's also affecting forgiveness. Rural business owners on average got smaller Small Business ...

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The continued availability of government guaranteed mortgages for rural homebuyers was virtually assured yesterday when the House Financial Services Committee voted to approve H.R. 5017. The unanimous ...

North Carolina Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) announced this week that it is expanding its student loan repayment ...

IDAHO, USA — Recruiting and retaining nurses in rural Idaho isn't easy. "In Idaho, only about 24% of all registered nurses in the state live in rural areas," said Brie Sandow, Nurse Leaders of Idaho ...