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Rural hospitals face closures and farmers lose key support programs like Medicaid and REAP during the shutdown, worsening challenges in small towns, officials said.
- Recently, the federal government has ground to a halt, and rural America feels that impact first and worst as neither side in U.S. Congress has enough votes to pass the continuing resolution.
- Funding choices paused key programs, redirecting benefits toward large corporate agricultural operations while suspending Medicaid and REAP supports for rural communities.
- Rural hospitals are already struggling as funding stalls, small businesses dependent on federal programs are left hanging, and farmers face rising costs as community supports disappear.
- Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has publicly broken with party lines, saying health care must come before foreign interests, while residents and local commentators say they deserve better than partisan fights.
- On immigration, the writer clarifies that being undocumented is a civil violation, and local writers urge civic engagement to support Gabby Cosentino for the Seneca Falls Town Board.
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Letters to the Editor | Oct. 17, 2025
South County ‘No Kings’ protest scheduled for Saturday I’d like to add a note about the No Kings protest scheduled Saturday — a South County event will be held by Indivisible Pajaro Valley from noon to 2 p.m. at the City Plaza, 358 Main St., Watsonville. A sign-making table will be set up to assist people who’d like to participate with a message. In Aromas, a sign-making and face-painting event will be held in the Aromas Town Square from noon to…
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The fact that the journalistic work of Hermann Budzislawski in the world stage for peace, anti-fascism and even against any kind of intolerance is remembered today is truly contemporary.
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