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Up and down the campaign trail and all across Nebraska, candidates are quick to tell you that property tax is their number one priority. It’s true for incumbents and newcomers alike. Nearly every rural or statewide contender is ensuring voters that property tax is the primary focus.

Rural Nebraskans are at a distinct disadvantage in their ability to access health care coverage. Combined with the limited availability of health care providers and facilities, this disadvantage grows as consideration is given to the socioeconomics of health care access.

Connectivity is the defining aspect of our 21st century economy. Access to broadband internet offers the best in education, health care, and economic development. Unfortunately for many, the best isn’t available.

While Iowa leads the Midwest in wind energy production, limiting the environmental impacts of wind farms is important to the long-term health of our landscape. MidAmerican Energy is in the process of applying for a 30-year incidental take permit to cover endangered and threatened species in Iowa.

Nebraska podría estar en riesgo de retrasarse respecto a sus estados vecinos, en asegurar que todos los residentes tengan acceso al internet de banda ancha, que se considera esencial para el cuidado de la salud, la educación y el desarrollo econ.

On Sept. 13, in York and Albion, Nebraska, dozens joined community conversations about Medicaid expansion and how it could positively impact their communities. Local residents, hospital CEOs, doctors, and legislative candidates engaged with staff from the Center for Rural Affairs to ask questions and learn more about expansion. Initiative 427, the ballot initiative to expand Medicaid, will be put before Nebraska voters in November’s election.

In Nebraska, just 5 percent of residents in 18 of the state's 93 counties have access to broadband Internet, according to a new report from the Center for Rural Affairs.

निस्वार्थ। समर्पित। उत्प्रेरित। यस संसारमा थोरै व्यक्तिहरू छन् जसमा एक होइन, तर माथि सूचीबद्ध तीनवटा गुणहरू छन्। सौभाग्य देखि साना व्यवसाय मालिकहरु को लागी, Griselda Rendon ती व्यक्तिहरु मध्ये एक हो।

Connectivity is the defining aspect of our 21st-century economy. Access to broadband internet offers the best in education, health care and economic development. Whether we’re learning a new language, taking care of a loved one or managing a farm, Nebraskans have a clear demand for connectivity.

Iowa's water quality is at risk due to runoff from farmland, primarily caused by storms and crop tilling. Those activities send nitrates and other chemicals into Iowa's waterways, which cause downstream problems and a host of health concerns, including potential birth defects, cancers and thyroid problems.

At their most recent meeting, the Board of Directors of the Center for Rural Affairs adopted a new five-year strategic plan. Before adopting the new plan, the board reviewed Center accomplishments and changes over the last 15 years. The new strategic plan builds on past wins, leverages the growing reach of the Center, and provides guidance for the next five years.

कृषि विधेयक हाम्रो सरकारले देशभरका ग्रामीण समुदायहरूमा लगानी गर्ने प्राथमिक विधि हो - यो बिना, हाम्रा किसानहरू अनिश्चित हुनेछन् र हाम्रा समुदायहरू खाद्यान्न र अन्य महत्त्वपूर्ण स्रोतहरूमा पहुँच बिना हुनेछन्। नयाँ विधेयक पारित गर्न वा अवस्थित कानूनको विस्तार गर्न कांग्रेसको असफलताले ग्रामीण क्षेत्रका युवाहरूलाई भविष्यको लागि चिन्तामा पारित गरेको छ।

Nebraska is set to be the fourth state in the nation where Medicaid expansion will appear on the November ballot. This comes following months of signature collection and validation, and the dismissal of a lawsuit against the initiative. The state joins Idaho, Utah, and Montana (where expansion will sunset) in allowing voters to decide on the future of health care coverage access for thousands of their neighbors. If passed in all four states, an estimated half-million low income residents would gain coverage.

संलग्न समुदायहरू र किसानहरूसँगको सम्बन्धले ग्रामीण समुदायहरूमा स्कूलको खाजालाई अझ राम्रो बनाउन मद्दत गरिरहेको छ। देशभरि, बच्चाहरूले फाइदा उठाइरहेका छन् र ... सँग स्कूल फर्किरहेका छन्।

जुन महिनादेखि, मैले ग्रामीण मामिला केन्द्रलाई २०१८ को कृषि विधेयकको बारेमा कांग्रेसका सदस्यहरू र कान्सासका किसानहरूसँग शिक्षित गर्न र अन्तरक्रिया गर्न मद्दत गर्ने सम्मान पाएको छु। मेरो धेरैजसो काम फोन कलहरू र कान्सास र वरपरका भ्रमणहरू समावेश थिए। तर, हालसालै, मलाई कृषि विधेयक नीति छलफलको केन्द्र, वाशिंगटन, डीसीमा क्यापिटल हिलमा कान्सास प्रतिनिधिमण्डलसँग भ्रमण गर्ने मौका मिल्यो।

संलग्न समुदायहरू र किसानहरूसँगको सम्बन्धले ग्रामीण समुदायहरूमा स्कूलको खाजालाई अझ राम्रो बनाउन मद्दत गरिरहेको छ। ग्रामीण मामिला केन्द्र र नेब्रास्का शिक्षा-पोषण सेवा विभागको नयाँ पहल मार्फत हाम्रा बच्चाहरूले फाइदा उठाइरहेका छन् र आफ्नो प्लेटमा स्थानीय खाना लिएर स्कूल फर्किरहेका छन्।

The 2014 farm bill expires on Sept. 30, 2018. What happens if Congress does not pass a new farm bill in time. Congress can either vote to extend the 2014 farm bill, or they can allow the farm bill to lapse.

Ten organizations, including the Center for Rural Affairs, joined together to sign and send a letter to Sens. Brown and Ernst on Sept. 4, 2018. The letter thanks the two lawmakers for introducing the Give our Resources the Opportunity to Work Act of 2018, or GROW Act, and for securing important conservation wins in the Senate version of the farm bill.

Not only is Francis Thicke’s organic farm nestled in an idyllic valley, he also describes it as an ecologically-sound cropping system. In his view, this system prioritizes regenerating soil over caring for the crop.

America’s farmers and ranchers are struggling. With steep input costs, low commodity prices, corporate competition and weather extremes, it’s a tough time to be a farmer in America. As if that weren’t enough, some lawmakers are using producers as political pawns.