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When you talk about the state of rural America, the story usually involves boarded-up storefronts and shrinking downtowns. Declines in jobs and population in small towns in Illinois and across America stretch back decades.
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Norm Walzer moderated a program on rural policy at the 32nd annual Rural Affairs Conference last Thursday by the Illinois Institute of Rural Affairs at…
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Problems that existed in Illinois small towns and across rural America have been made worse by the coronavirus outbreak, said the director of the…
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People have been leaving rural midwestern areas for decades. And it’s not just population loss. Often fresh food sellers move away too. There might be…