This story was originally published by KFF Health News. Two months before the deadline to implement new Medicaid work requirements, states had yet to receive detailed guidance from federal health officials on how to exclude Native Americans from those rules, leading to a patchwork of eligibility checks that pose challenges for qualified enrollees trying to […]
This story was co-published with The American Prospect in collaboration with the Investigative Reporting Lab at Yale. It was the early morning of July 28, 2022, on a road near the community of Lost Creek, Kentucky. The sky was pitch-black, but the night was deafeningly loud. Rain was hammering down, at times at a rate […]
In a letter to agency administrator Mehmet Oz, U.S. senators Mark Warner, D-Virginia, and Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, urged the agency to reconsider sweeping changes to remote patient monitoring that was proposed earlier this summer, arguing that it would limit access to care for rural Medicare recipients and negatively affect rural hospitals, while running counter to […]
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In North Carolina, every county shifted more left in this year’s U.S. House and Senate races compared to 2024, according to a Daily Yonder analysis of preliminary voting data. Democrat Roy Cooper, who served as the Governor of North Carolina from 2017 to 2025, won 59% of the vote in the Senate race against Republican […]
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This story was originally published by KFF Health News. Federal leaders overseeing a $50 billion rural health fund missed a critical deadline to announce how much they’ll give states next year, alerting state leaders to the delay with a mass email. A 12-sentence message from Alina Czekai, director of the federal Office of Rural Health […]
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Rural Texas shifted sharply Democratic in the 2026 election, with Democratic gains particularly pronounced in the Rio Grande Valley and along the U.S.-Mexico border. Democrat Gina Hinojosa defeated Republican Governor Greg Abbott in the gubernatorial contest, while Democrat James Talarico won the U.S. Senate race against Republican Ken Paxton. Both victories marked significant gains for […]
Ed Newman was attending a community meeting in Athens, Ohio, when he met Milena Miller, a home health aide who had spotted a trend among her clients. After returning home from a hospital stay, patients would use a piece of at-home medical equipment for only a few weeks or months. Others would then spend several […]
CORRECTION: A previous version of this article used a misleading figure that overstated the contribution of Annie Andrews’ vote to her victory. We incorrectly stated that Andrews would have won only 44% of the state’s popular vote without rural voters. In deep red South Carolina, Annie Andrews will be the first Democrat Senator in three […]
More than a dozen elders from all walks of life gathered under fluorescent lights in a small room of a historic church at the Pioneer Museum in Fredericksburg, Texas. Laughter filled the space as friends greeted each other, swapping stories of the week, sharing family news and embracing each other with affectionate anecdotes, not in […]
This story was originally published by The Hechinger Report. The artificial intelligence race has been a boon for construction workers, employing many thousands nationwide as sprawling data centers rise from the dirt. Eventually, the construction sounds will give way to a steady whir or whine emitted from giant, nondescript buildings filled with racks, servers, cables […]
Walking by New River’s advising office one day, Stephanie Addikis noticed that the coloring books and Legos that she had helped stock in a nearby box were … “well-loved.” This was just what she was hoping would happen. The “busy box” stuffed with toys is part of a new effort at New River to support […]
In Missoula, Montana, Sam Forstag – the Democrat looking to flip the Republican house seat – meets me in the back of a dusky coffee shop. I was surprised that his campaign manager wanted us to meet in a public space – Forstag has become a celebrity since he started his campaign. Rolling Stone, The […]
Early voting in Texas’ election passed the state’s midterm record, with more than 40.5% of registered voters casting early ballots statewide and over 35% of registered rural voters participating, according to preliminary data from the Texas Secretary of State. The statewide early voter turnout exceeds the previous record of 39.9%, set during the 2018 midterm […]
