NerdWallet's worksheet incorporates the 50/30/20 budget, which suggests that 50% of your income goes toward needs, 30% toward wants and 20% toward savings and debt repayment. Your take-home pay ...

The study shows rates for smoking, obesity and chronic conditions such as heart disease are comparatively higher in rural ...

NC's Healthy Opportunities Program, "model for nation," helping rural areas with food, housing, utilities, could be expanded ...

It is the only government-backed loan that seeks to develop safe rural communities for families of modest means. With no down payment required, USDA mortgages are a powerful home-buying tool.

This first-in-the-nation effort, known as the Healthy Opportunities Pilot, has provided assistance to nearly 30,000 people across three largely rural regions of the state. Beneficiaries get ...

A British man found dead alongside his wife at their rural France home was seen on security cameras buying a lottery ticket hours before their bodies were discovered. Andrew Searle, 62 ...

United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development has funding available for very low- and low-income individuals and families seeking to purchase or repair a home in a rural area.

Here are some ways we believe the Trump administration could work with Congress to boost these communities’ health and economies. One of the greatest challenges to rural health care is its ...

A bill increasing the number of potential employers a person has to contact to get unemployement benefits cleared the Alabama House of Representatives. An amend ...

"Pulling the rug out from these recipients runs counter to the mission of the USDA and will quickly and significantly cripple economic development in rural America," the letter said. One program ...