According to the latest Map the Meal Gap study from Feeding America, 1 in 8 Mainers has experienced food insecurity.

MMR vaccination rates in U.S. children dropped from 93.92% to 91.26% post-pandemic, putting 78% of counties at risk as ...

Hurricanes have gotten larger and wetter because of climate change and inland communities are at greater risk from heavy ...

Thanks to American Unagi, the first land-based, large-scale eel aquafarm in the United States, eel no longer has to cross ...

In an effort to attract top talent to rural areas ... in 8 of 9 Rural counties. Economic Impact: Rural hospitals generate $1.6 billion in economic activity in rural Maine.

The Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform has identified over 300 rural hospitals at "immediate risk" of closure, as shown in the map above ... many of our rural counties and the ...

CHICAGO, May 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Nearly 20% of children across the country are experiencing food insecurity and in some rural counties ... America's annual Map the Meal Gap study.

One bill would bolster Maine’s dam safety agency and hold negligent dam owners accountable while the other would inject $5 million to a state fund for dam repairs.

Marie Gluesenkamp Perez’ ‘Blue Dog’ strategy of appealing to working-class rural moderates won her a long-held Republican district.

A young mother, auto-shop owner and Latina from rural Skamania County with little political support managed ... That Gluesenkamp Perez and other Blue Dogs, like Rep. Jared Golden of Maine, don’t ...

Units are available to tenants earning up to 80% of the area median income. In Maine’s most rural counties, 80% AMI is $47,600 for a single person. Since 2022, the program has helped create 229 ...