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When Rob Coverdale started his job in 2023 as superintendent of the K-12 Crow Creek Tribal School in South Dakota, there were 15 unfilled teaching positions. Within nine months, he had filled those vacancies with Filipino teachers, the majority of whom arrived on the H-1B, a visa for skilled workers in specialty occupations. “We’ve hired the H-1B teachers because we …

By Maya C. Miller, CalMatters Fairgoers walks around the Kern County Fair in Bakersfield on Sept. 26, 2025. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Along the highways of California’s San Joaquin Valley, as field workers harvest almonds and pistachios and tractors churn dusty top soil into the already …

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — When Rob Coverdale started his job in 2023 as superintendent of the K-12 Crow Creek Tribal School in South Dakota, there were 15 unfilled teaching positions. Within nine months, he had filled those vacancies with Filipino teachers, the majority of whom arrived on the H-1B, a visa for skilled workers in specialty occupations. “We’ve hired …

President Donald Trump counts U.S. farmers as one of his most loyal constituencies, but the administration’s recent move to expand economic support for Argentina has drawn the ire of the agriculture industry. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on social media on Wednesday that he and Trump spoke at length with Argentina president Javier Milei about plants to financially support Argentina …

It was the middle of the night on April 2, 2024, when Teela Banister went into labor. She and her husband raced out the door of their rural home on the outskirts of Baker City in eastern Oregon, hoping to make the hour-long journey to a hospital before she delivered their daughter. They could not go to the hospital just …

Facebook Tweet Email Link Exactly two months after President Donald Trump signed his policy megabill in a July 4 celebration at the White House, a Virginia health care company blamed the law for the closure of three rural clinics serving communities along the Blue Ridge Mountains. The closures, Augusta Medical Group said in its statement, were part of the company’s …

A Domestic Violence Case in Rural Pennsylvania Ended in a Deadly Ambush  The New York Times A gunman ambushed and killed 3 officers as they responded to a desperate plea for help, officials say  CNN Autopsies to be done Friday on York County police officers killed in the line of duty  6abc Philadelphia Here’s what we know about the man who shot five …

Teela Banister holds her 18-month old daughter Lakelynn, at their rural home in Baker City, Ore. Baker City’s maternity ward closed in 2023, so when Bannister went into labor, she and her husband had to drive an hour to a hospital. Lakelynn was born on the drive. Kyle Green / InvestigateWest It was the middle of the night on April …

New Federal Program Aims to Transform Rural Health Care Nationwide Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) unveiled details on how states can apply to receive funding from the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program created under the Working Families Tax Cuts Act to strengthen health care across rural America. This unprecedented investment is designed to empower states …

The rural health ‘Hunger Games’ are underway  Politico Kennedy and Dr. Oz: Rural America’s health care is collapsing. Here’s how we transform it.  USA Today Applications for ‘big beautiful’ rural health fund open for states  The Hill Will the $50 Billion Rural Health Fund Be Enough to Offset Medicaid Cuts?  U.S. News & World Report Trump’s HHS Prepares States to Apply for Rural Hospital …