REP. SKELTON: RESOLUTION CELEBRATES RURAL AMERICA

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 24, 2006 ;     537 words ......following column: Resolution Celebrates Rural America Small town and rural America embody the values that have made our country...bipartisan Congressional Rural Caucus to promote rural America and to call attention to rural needs. More...

REP. DELAURO CALLS FOR RE-INVESTMENT IN RURAL AMERICA TO REVITALIZE...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 27, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Appropriations Subcommittee, hosted a Summit on Rural America to focus attention on the shifting...comprehensive approach, and recognize that rural America is changing. The simple truth about rural America is this: the more rural a place is...

Healthy rural America essential to economy

Northwestern Financial Review;  May 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......we can make the economy strong, rural America will benefit. It's hard to talk about the health of rural America unless the overall economy is growing...person can realize their dreams. Rural America's vitality depends upon the health...

FHLBank study addresses future prosperity of rural America

Bank News;  July 1, 2005 ;     566 words ...Rural America needs to rediscover its...Conducted for the bank by SRI International's Center for Science, Technology...that the focus, both in rural America and in Washington, is generally...reports and papers on rural America; studied an array of federal...for the ...

The New Power of Regions: a Policy Focus for Rural America--a conference...

Economic Review (Kansas City);  March 22, 2002 ;     700+ words ......tug and pull of the rural economy. Rural America enjoys some competitive advantages...plants. But the other force at work is rural America's low density, a liability in the new...in attracting service firms. Here, rural America's low population density hurts growth...

The center for the study of rural America

Bank News;  March 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Improving life in the country Rural America is not the same as it used to be. It...booming, but surviving. The landscape of rural America is undergoing significant changes as...doing business. Industries are leaving rural America and have left communities to figure...

Tracking the ebb and flow of rural America, one number at a time

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  September 14, 2008 ;     586 words ......never knew Calvin Beale, but he knew rural America. Beale, who died earlier this month...States. Numbers were his specialty, rural America his canvas. He didn't just tell rural America's story through statistics -- he went...

80-55 Coalition for Rural America Unifies Rural Voice; Nonpartisan...

U.S. Newswire;  November 15, 2003 ;     499 words ......Washington, D.C., the 80-55 Coalition for Rural America will make the voice of 55 million rural...We need to remind the nation that rural America is more than a photo op for presidents...costs and the whole nation suffers." Rural America's problems are urgent, severe, certain...

ICBA Vice Chair Speaks at Key Rural America Conference; Recommends...

PR Newswire;  April 15, 2004 ;     485 words ......national symposium on the future of rural America. President Bush is the keynote speaker at Capitalizing on Rural America, the two-day symposium coordinated...Topics include many issues facing rural America, such as policies and strategies...

SEN. LINCOLN HONORS RURAL AMERICANS WITH RURAL AMERICA MONTH DESIGNATION

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 15, 2006 ;     624 words ......Thursday paid tribute to those living in rural America by designating September as "Rural America Month." Lincoln, the daughter of a seventh-generati...which designates September 2006 as "Rural America Month." I was pleased to introduce this...

Perceptions of Rural America: Views From U.S. Congress.

Ascribe Higher Education News Service;  May 3, 2002 ;     700+ words ......of a new study on the perceptions of rural America and public policy, Perceptions of Rural America: Congressional Perspectives. Interviews...Congress found that legislators view rural America as an incubator of traditional values...

Rural America still clings to some commonalities Political clout of...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  September 28, 1997 ;     649 words ...The mere mention of rural America conjures up images of furrowed...some common characteristics of rural America. People who live there are generally...abortion and gun control. Much of rural America is disposed to vote Republican...

ICBA official calls for master plan for rural America

Bank News;  June 1, 2004 ;     164 words ......for a master plan for the future of rural America was indicated by Terry Jorde, vice...national symposium on the future of rural America. The two-day symposium was coordinated...What we need is a strategic vision for rural America that brings together a broad rural...

Rural America at a Crossroads

AP Online;  April 28, 2000 ;     480 words ......Associated Press Writer AP Online 04-28-2000 Rural America at a Crossroads KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP...incentives -- to bring people back to rural America, said Martin Jischke, president of...Beyond Agriculture: New Policies for Rural America.'' Attendees listened via a live video...

Rep. Herseth Introduces Resolution Concerning Rural America Month

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 21, 2006 ;     366 words ......there should be established a National 'Rural America Month'. The resolution, introduced...there should be established a National `Rural America Month'. Whereas more than 55,000,000...national economy is invaluable; Whereas rural America's natural renewable resources can help...