Check here for the latest national results and updates from the 2026 midterm election and what it means for rural America.

Rural voters comprise 20% of the electorate and can determine electoral outcomes but it is hard for candidate to reach them.

Experts warns the demise of Wisconsin’s two-year liberal arts transfer colleges represents the equivalent of “desertification ...

Jennifer C. Berkshire is the host of the education podcast “Have You Heard” and the co-author (with Jack Schneider) of The Education Wars: A Citizen’s Guide and Defense Manual. She teaches in the ...

Montana’s 1st Congressional District is split geographically by the Continental Divide. It is now split politically as ...

More than 60% of U.S. mushrooms are grown in southeast Pennsylvania. But the Trump administration’s immigration policy and ...

Ali Swenson covers politics and the information landscape for The Associated Press. She is based in New York.

Ahliya Roy is a 5th generation Mainer, Maine School of Science and Mathematics student and Rural Youth Organizer for JustME for JustUs, a grassroots organizing nonprofit in Maine.

Today’s data center proponents argue such projects bring needed jobs and a boost to local economies. Rural America has heard confident pitches like these before. Nearly 40 years ago, concentrated ...