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Rural hospitals face financial uncertainty while farmers lose key program support during the federal shutdown, worsening hardships in small towns, officials said.
- This past week, Rural America is being hit first and worst as the federal government grinds to a halt and neither side has votes to pass a continuing resolution.
- Congressional funding shifts favored pilot programs for large corporate agricultural operations while pausing Medicaid and REAP, reducing aid for rural communities.
- Farmers face direct losses while local small businesses wait on paused supports, and rural hospitals wonder how long they can keep the lights on.
- Political fractures, including a notable break from Greene, highlight pressure as rural residents say being used as collateral in partisan fights is unacceptable.
- Concerns about ICE roundups and due-process violations are being raised alongside the shutdown impacts, as undocumented immigrants are not criminals and being undocumented is only a civil violation.
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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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