As of 2021, irrigation ($2 billion), water-based natural resources management ($1 billion), and rural flood protection ($477 million) are among ADB’s top investments in agriculture and natural ...

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Most of the funding comes through the state’s Rural Pathway Excellence Partnership, which was established by the Texas Legislature in 2023. Teachers such as Mary Alice Cantu, the founding ...

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Upon his return to the House Appropriations Committee after an 18-year hiatus, Rep. James E. Clyburn, D-S.C., has one central focus: fighting poverty in rural counties.

According to USDA data, there were nearly 47,000 producers who identified as Black in the U.S. in 2022. Texas had the highest number, at about 11,500. Ohio's number of Black farmers has dwindled ...

For over a decade the Department of Development & Environmental Services (DDES) has administered progressively strict regulatory controls over rural home grown livelihoods and lifestyles. The fact is, ...

For the past three years as state director for USDA Rural Development, I’ve been proud to help increase investment and create economic opportunities in the small towns and cities that make our state ...

A boil water notice has been issued for the Smith Point community in Chambers County, Texas, because of reduced distribution system pressure. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ ...

The family home, like swathes of rural Ireland, was just no longer habitable, he said. With no electricity since the early hours of Friday last, by Monday morning the difficulties had grown.