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WASHINGTON, June 20, 2013 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is accepting applications for grants to help low- and very-low-income rural residents repair their homes. USDA remains focused on carrying out its mission, despite a time of significant budget uncertainty. Today...

WASHINGTON, July 20, 2015 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced $85.8 million in funding to strengthen access to high speed broadband for rural America. "Broadband is fundamental to expanding economic opportunity and job creation in rural areas, and it is as vital to rural America's...

CASPER, Wyo. Oct. 16, 2020 – The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $252,000 to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in Wyoming. This investment is part of the $550 million Congress allocated to the...

HILL CITY, S.D., Oct. 15, 2020 – The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $6 million to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in South Dakota. This investment is part of the $550 million Congress...

ELIZABETH, Ill., Oct. 19, 2020 – The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $14 million to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in Illinois. This investment is part of the $550 million Congress allocated...

SPARTANSBURG, Pa., Oct. 15, 2020 – The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $750,000 to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in Pennsylvania. This investment is part of the $550 million Congress...

As a law student, I spent a summer working and living with the Sokoagon Band of the Chippewa, a Native American tribe located in rural Northern Wisconsin. Tribal leaders and members extended to me their kindness, friendship, passion and laughter. They are some of our country’s finest. But, make no...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19, 2016 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is awarding $7.6 million in grants to support projects that will grow opportunity in rural America through job training and economic development. The grants will support...

This week, I visited Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, a small city outside of my hometown of Pittsburgh to kick off the first of five Made in Rural America forums designed to help rural small businesses access the information they need to grow through exports. The global appetite for high-quality, American...

Cross posted from the Department of Energy blog: Each year, urban households in the U.S. combined use more than three times the total energy that America’s rural households do. Yet, the Energy Information Administration estimates that rural families spend about $400 more per year in energy bills...