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Posts Tagged ‘Rural Affairs’

Parts of Rural Missouri Will Get Gigabit Speeds With New Spectrum Initiative

By | February 17, 2021 | 0
Broadband fiber

Charter Communications, which provides Spectrum service, plans to extend super fast gigabit broadband in parts of 33 counties in Missouri.

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How The Search For Water Is Pitting Farmers Against Cities In Western Kansas

By | February 8, 2021 | 0
Hays City Manager Toby Dougherty at the R9 Ranch in Edwards County, Kansas.

The search for water is pitting farmers against cities in western Kansas.

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Rural Health Departments in Missouri Struggle to Meet Overwhelming Vaccine Demand

By | February 3, 2021 | 0
COVID-19 vaccine in a syringe

Missouri currently is 49th among U.S. states in the percentage of population vaccinated for COVID-19, at 5.6%. Rural counties in particular are lagging even that figure.

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Gigabit Internet is Coming to Rural Missouri and Kansas

By | January 6, 2021 | 1
Broadband fiber

Hundreds of thousands of Missourians and Kansans could be getting gigabit internet speeds in coming years thanks to the Federal Communications Commission’s Rural Digital Opportunity Fund.

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‘Buy it or else’: Inside Monsanto and BASF’s Moves to Force Dicamba on Farmers

By | December 10, 2020 | 0
Will Glazik with his organic corn

Monsanto and BASF knew about dicamba’s propensity to harm farmers’ livelihoods and the environment before releasing the weed killer.

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