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Shutdown delays vital programs like Medicaid and the Rural Energy for America Program, leaving farmers and rural hospitals struggling to maintain operations, officials said.
- As the federal government grinds to a halt, rural America is feeling the effects first and worst because Congress lacks votes to pass a continuing resolution.
- Analysts trace the stalemate to congressional deadlock as neither side can secure votes for a continuing resolution, while institutional choices by lawmakers and the administration worsen the impasse.
- Programs like Medicaid and REAP are on hold amid the shutdown, while critics say pilot benefits shifted to large corporate agricultural operations cut support for rural communities.
- Rural hospitals fear closure as funding stalls, while farmers pay the price and communities suffer from halted programs.
- Letters clarify that being undocumented is a civil violation, while a crime occurs only if deported immigrants return against deportation orders, and critics warn ICE sometimes acts without due process.
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Letters to the editor: Oct. 22
Chesterfield lost a good man Paul Lafata, a one-term elected member of the Chesterfield Township Board then defeated, was it outside sources because Paul explained facts and figures of the spending of the township board. Paul didn’t need the job and not for personal gain he cared about the people of the Chesterfield community. If you’re sitting on our Chesterfield Township Board and answer to others outside of Chesterfield for personal gain resi…
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Leaning Left5Leaning Right10Center25Last UpdatedBias Distribution62% Center
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