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https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2018/05/michigan-law-would-have-disparate.html?showComment=1575886195579 Legal Ruralism: Michigan law waiving safety net work requirement would have disparate impact on... I'm in the process of writing a book chapter about how work requirements for SNAP and Medicaid--the legislative and administrative "flavor o... https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2011/09/gun-rights-victory-rural-defeat.html?showComment=1315250371849 Legal Ruralism: Gun-rights victory a rural defeat? Gun right advocates have been on the offensive in recent years, focusing their sights on overturning urban handgun bans. They have celebrate... gun rightsa rurallegalruralismvictory https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2011/10/no-one-cares-about-you-eminent-domain.html Legal Ruralism: No one cares about you -- Eminent domain for the rural If a Canadian oil company, TransCanada , has its way, the mid-West could be home to a new, enlarged oil pipeline, the Keystone XL . The Keys... no one caresabout you https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2020/10/radicalization-in-rural-america.html Legal Ruralism: Radicalization in rural America Brian Groh, a novelist, published this piece in the New York Times titled, " The Radicalization of a Small American Town. " The "small town... legalruralismradicalizationamerica https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2010/10/john-boehner-as-small-town-boy.html Legal Ruralism: John Boehner as "small-town" boy "Boehner's Path to Power Began in Southern Ohio" is the headline of a story in today's New York Times , and it tells of John Boehner's root... john boehnersmall townlegalruralismboy https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2021/04/improving-transgender-health-care-in.html Legal Ruralism: Improving transgender health care in rural Colorado The Colorado Sun reports out of Cripple Creek, Colorado, population 1,189 , under the headline, "New program aims to teach rural Colorado he... transgender healthlegalruralismimprovingcare https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2013/01/country-music-national-darling.html Legal Ruralism: Country music a "national darling"? That's what this New York Times story about Nashville (Tennessee) as "Nowville" (per GQ Magazine ) asserts. Journalist Kim Severson sugg... country musiclegalruralismnationaldarling https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2018/10/playing-rural-healthcare-card-in-race.html Legal Ruralism: Playing the rural healthcare card in race for governor of Georgia I was excited to see this piece on Stacy Abrams' campaign for governor on the front page of today's New York Times . The headline is, "St... https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2012/01/law-and-order-in-ozarks-part-xcvi-jail.html Legal Ruralism: Law and Order in the Ozarks (Part XCVI): Jail costs suddenly skyrocket The big above-the-fold headline in the January 11, 2012, issue of the Newton County Times is "Jail cost increased $250,000." The lede stat... https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2007/12/rural-teens-and-technology.html Legal Ruralism: Rural teens and technology legalruralismteenstechnology https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2007/09/conflict-between-differing-rural.html Legal Ruralism: A conflict between differing rural interests, right here in Yolo County This story tells of the conflict between two rural interest groups: the Rumsey Band of Wintun Indians who own Cache Creek Casino and the l... https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2016/02/scalias-death-and-distance-in-west-texas.html Legal Ruralism: (Scalia's) Death and distance in West Texas One side story of Justice Antonin Scalia's death that captured media attention this week was the tale of how he came to be declared official... legalruralismscaliadeathdistance https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2019/01/roundabouts-as-sources-of-community-for.html Legal Ruralism: Roundabouts as sources of community for France's rural, low-income "yellow vests" The New York Times is back today with more coverage of the "yellow vest" movement in France and, in particular, the government's new strat... https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2020/11/pitting-food-security-against-rural.html Legal Ruralism: Pitting food security against rural America? That pitting is what this New York Times story by Jonathan Martin appears to do in relation to who will be Biden's Secretary of Agricultur... food securitylegalruralismpittingamerica https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2008/10/ Legal Ruralism: October 2008 A Little (Legal) Realism about the Rural legalruralismoctober https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2011/10/all-signs-point-northnorth-dakota-that.html Legal Ruralism: All signs point North....North Dakota, that is. In the midst of constant news of dark and hard financial times, rising unemployment, and rising cuts to public services, North Dakota is a b... all signsnorth dakotalegalruralismpoint https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2022/01/california-governors-budget-proposes.html Legal Ruralism: California governor's budget proposes investments in rural workforce development This is from Sofia Bollag's story in today's Sacramento Bee --a rare mention of a California investment in the state's rural reaches and the... california governor https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2008/08/its-county-fair-time.html Legal Ruralism: It's county fair time And Dan Barry's "This Land" column takes up a slice of that all- American, rural- flavored topic this week. Here's a quote from his story ... county fairlegalruralismtime https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2021/08/are-california-communities-prone-to.html Legal Ruralism: Are California communities prone to wildfire getting enough support from state and... This op-ed in the Los Angeles Times , published in the wake of the Dixie Fire's destruction of Greenville, California (read more here ), su... https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2020/07/coronavirus-in-rural-america-part_15.html Legal Ruralism: Coronavirus in rural America (Part LXXIII): Recent reports from Minnesota to... The first story is reported by the New York Times out of Umatilla County, Oregon, population 75,889, in the northeastern part of the state... https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2017/02/the-state-of-opiate-epidemic-in-rural.html Legal Ruralism: The state of the opiate epidemic in rural America The opioid epidemic in America is a widely acknowledged problem, and it disproportionately affects rural communities. Is it a public health ... the statelegalruralismopiateepidemic https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2021/12/on-rural-roots-of-harry-reid-former.html Legal Ruralism: On the rural roots of Harry Reid, former Senate Majority Leader, who died today... NPR's Susan Davis reports , with reference to his rural upbringing midway through her obituary: Finding his roots Born into poverty in the t... https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2010/08/telemedicine-gets-boost-in-california.html Legal Ruralism: Telemedicine gets a boost in California The new UC Davis telemedecine program launched yesterday has been all over the national and California media for the past few days. Here's t... legalruralismtelemedicinegetsboost https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2011/09/fish-farming.html?showComment=1316326981337 Legal Ruralism: Fish farming It seems that fresh, local, and organic food just tastes better. Stop by any local farmers market and you'll see busy booths where people a... legalruralismfishfarming https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2021/08/rural-and-small-town-in-lyrics-of-nanci.html?showComment=1632384144357 Legal Ruralism: Rural and small town in the lyrics of Nanci Griffith Nanci Griffith, folk-and-country music singer died on Friday . She was an artist I followed closely in the 1990s and into the early 2000s. ... small town https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2012/10/fracking-photographed.html Legal Ruralism: Fracking, photographed The New York Times ran this multimedia feature a few days ago. legalruralismfrackingphotographed https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2025/06/ Legal Ruralism: June 2025 A Little (Legal) Realism about the Rural legalruralismjune https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2012/07/child-welfare-system-faulted-at-spirit.html Legal Ruralism: Child welfare system faulted at Spirit Lake Indian reservation Timothy Williams reports in today's New York Times on what sounds like a deeply dysfunctional child welfare system on the Spirit Lake Indi... child welfare systemspirit lakelegalruralism https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2009/01/it-was-amazing-speech.html Legal Ruralism: It was an amazing speech . . . but I wish Obama had mentioned "soil" in relation to producing food, and not only in linking it to biofuels. What he said was, "We will har... legalruralismamazingspeech https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2023/01/how-rural-jails-hurt-rural-communities.html?showComment=1675159452835 Legal Ruralism: How rural jails and prisons hurt rural communities The rate of incarceration in the United States is higher than that of almost any other nation. California alone incarcerates more people tha... jails and prisonslegalruralismhurtcommunities https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2020/08/multiple-stories-on-impact-of-usps-slow.html Legal Ruralism: Multiple stories on impact of USPS slow down on rural America These stories have been popping up for several days now, and I'm going to work through in the order in which they appeared or, if several a... multiple storieson impact https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2021/12/ Legal Ruralism: December 2021 A Little (Legal) Realism about the Rural legalruralismdecember https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2010/06/australias-mining-boom-consumes-small.html Legal Ruralism: Australia's mining boom consumes a small town Norimitsu Onishi writes in today's New York Times about the impact that Australia's mining boom is having on some inland farm towns. Her... legalruralismaustraliaminingboom https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2020/08/coronavirus-in-rural-america-part_7.html Legal Ruralism: Coronavirus in rural America (Part LXXXVIII): update on my hometown Screenshot from New York Times 7:12 am (PST) August 28, 2020 A month ago, I wrote about a coronavirus outbreak in the nursing home in Ne... rural america https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2010/06/special-election-today-on-immigration.html Legal Ruralism: Special election today on immigration ordinance in small Nebraska city A special election today in Fremont, Nebraska, population 25,576 , will decide the fate of an ordinance that would ban businesses from hir... special election https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2013/07/law-and-order-in-ozarks-part-cxvii.html Legal Ruralism: Law and Order in the Ozarks (Part CXVII): Dismissed principal wins lawsuit The July 17, 2013 issue of the Newton County Times reports on several significant bits of school news. First, the former Oark High School... https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2023/06/on-closure-of-ruralish-hospital-in.html Legal Ruralism: On the closure of a rural(ish) hospital in California's Central Valley I've been thinking about the hospital closure in Madera County, California, since it happened earlier this year, leaving this entire county ... https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2022/03/gop-candidate-for-governor-of.html?showComment=1647196244349 Legal Ruralism: GOP candidate for Governor of California launches series of campaign videos, the... I wrote a few weeks ago ( here and here ) about State Senator Brian Dahle's campaign for the GOP nod for Governor of California. On Monday... governor of california https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2011/09/license-to-drive-license-to-thrive.html?showComment=1315410666912 Legal Ruralism: License to drive, license to thrive I'll admit it: I don't have a driver's license. Not having a license has been a mere annoyance to me (though admittedly an extreme annoyance... license to drivelegalruralismthrive https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2012/01/pulling-out-all-stops-to-save-rural_28.html Legal Ruralism: Pulling out all the stops to save a rural school (Part VII): Isolated school... I've written a lot lately about the struggles of "isolated schools" in northwest Arkansas's Newton, Madison, and Johnson counties. The most... pulling out all the stops https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2010/07/law-and-order-in-ozarks-part-lxii-third.html Legal Ruralism: Law and Order in the Ozarks (Part LXII): Third intimate partner killing in as many... As I ponder the most recent homicide in Newton County, reported here , I realize that this is the third death of a person at the hands of an... https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2018/01/new-push-for-two-californias.html Legal Ruralism: New push for two Californias A group called "New California" announced on Monday a desire to split the state of California i nto two, with the part carved off to the nor... for twolegalruralismnewpush https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2021/10/coronavirus-in-rural-america-part-cliv.html Legal Ruralism: Coronavirus in rural America (Part CLIV): Rural gentrification, driven by COVID, in... Sarah Parvini of the Los Angeles Times reported this week on families who decamped to the high desert of Yucca Valley and Joshua Tree t... rural america https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2009/01/amish-successful-with-small-businesses.html?showComment=1294253183005 Legal Ruralism: Many Amish successfully transition from farmer to entrepreneur Read Glenn Rifkin's story in the New York Times here . He reports that in the last decade and a half, the Amish population in the U.S. has... legalruralismmanyamishsuccessfully https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-dismantling-of-rural-legal-aid.html Legal Ruralism: The Dismantling of Rural Legal Aid Christopher Chavis wrote on this topic for the Daily Yonder last week . Here's an excerpt: When Reagan became President in 1981, he set o... legalruralismdismantlingaid https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2023/09/fired-from-fire-insurance-large.html?showComment=1695009406790 Legal Ruralism: Fired from fire insurance? Large insurers pull out of the California market Wildfires have become an increasingly common disaster in California. From 1996 to 2001, the number of wildfires in northern and central Cali... https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2022/01/legal-consequences-of-state.html Legal Ruralism: Legal consequences of state investigators' finding that PG&E equipment involved in... https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2012/06/small-slaughterhouses-aim-to-keep-local.html Legal Ruralism: Small slaughterhouses aim to keep "local meat" local, sustain rural economies Beth Hoffman reported on NPR's "the Salt" blog today about efforts to keep local meat truly local by bringing slaughterhouses back to rural... https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2012/07/a-tale-of-two-markets-part-ii-newton_26.html Legal Ruralism: A tale of two markets: Part II, Newton County, Arkansas In my prior post about the farmers markets in Telluride and Mountain Village, Colorado, I promised to compare and contrast those mark... a tale of two https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2017/04/rural-children-and-guns-part-v-hunting.html Legal Ruralism: Rural children and guns (Part V): Hunting as a sport "Those guns were initially designed for killing but we've turned them into a recreational sport here in the United States." - Boo Boo , the... https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2009/01/ Legal Ruralism: January 2009 A Little (Legal) Realism about the Rural legalruralismjanuary https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2013/11/immigrants-to-australia-banished.html Legal Ruralism: Immigrants to Australia "banished" temporarily to rural reaches That is one of my takeaways from this story about a Pakastani comic who recently immigrated to Australia. Matt Siegel, in his Saturday Pr... legalruralismimmigrantsaustraliabanished https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2020/08/states-and-territories-that-mentioned.html Legal Ruralism: States and territories that mentioned "rural" in DNC roll call of states I watched it last night late, and here's the list I made: American Samoa (strengthen rural from New England to the Pacific) Indiana Kan... states and territories https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2020/08/los-angeles-times-feature-on-voting.html Legal Ruralism: Los Angeles Times feature on voting, race, and the U.S. mail, out of exurban Houston Here's the lede for the story , by Molly Hennessy-Fiske, which is headlined "Freed slaves founded this town. Their descendants fear postal c... https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2020/08/a-rural-volunteer-fire-department.html Legal Ruralism: Los Angeles Times features rural volunteer fire department in story about northern... The report out of Ben Lomond, population 6,234 but unincorporated, in Santa Cruz County, California, is by Susanne Rust for the Los Angele... https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2017/02/small-states-outsized-political-power_13.html Legal Ruralism: Small states' outsized political power (Part II-B: Measuring the efffects in the... This post continues examination of the reality of small states' outsized political power. (For historical context, see Part I .) Part II-A... https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2023/10/community-radio-in-rural-india.html Legal Ruralism: Community radio in rural India Community radio has been gaining notable traction in India's rural regions. One reason is that rural communities in India suffer from lower... community radiolegalruralismindia https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2012/09/a-rural-sojourn-as-resume-builder-in.html Legal Ruralism: A rural gig as resume builder, in China That is the gist of this story in today's New York Times about Xi Jinping who is on the cusp of becoming China's supreme leader in Novembe... a ruralresume builderlegalruralismgig https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2020/02/another-farmer-suicide-feature-this-one.html Legal Ruralism: Another farmer suicide feature, this one from the LA Times Seema Mehta reports from Marcus, Iowa, on the suicide of farmer Troy Sand. It's a shattering lede: On a mild spring day, Troy Sand took... farmer suicide https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2019/06/two-big-stories-on-rural-schools.html Legal Ruralism: Two big stories on rural schools, poverty, housing, and drugs EdSource recently published this story out of Oroville, California (population 15,000, and county seat of Butte County, California ) and ... big stories https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2013/11/urban-bias-in-military-whats-next.html Legal Ruralism: Urban bias in closure of ROTC programs (but wasn't the military supposed to be a... The New York Times reported a few days ago that the U.S. Army is reversing a decision announced a few weeks ago to close 15 ROTC programs i... https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2016/04/is-pot-economy-behind-eight-deaths-in.html Legal Ruralism: Is the "pot economy" behind eight murders in rural Ohio? NPR reported Friday on eight "execution-style" killings in the Appalachian part of Ohio. The following excerpt quotes Mike DeWine, the Oh... the pot https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2011/09/license-to-drive-license-to-thrive.html?showComment=1316020599227 Legal Ruralism: License to drive, license to thrive I'll admit it: I don't have a driver's license. Not having a license has been a mere annoyance to me (though admittedly an extreme annoyance... license to drivelegalruralismthrive https://driftglass.blogspot.com/2019/11/today-in-magic-ruralism-tm.html?showComment=1575110152893 driftglass: Today In Magic Ruralism (tm) Among all the endless, tedious, virtually-identical works of Magic Realism (tm) twaddle that come plopping off the Washington Post and ... driftglasstodaymagicruralismtm https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2019/06/ Legal Ruralism: June 2019 A Little (Legal) Realism about the Rural legalruralismjune https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2022/04/my-rural-travelogue-part-xxxi-redneck.html Legal Ruralism: My Rural Travelogue (Part XXXI): "Redneck wine" in northern Arizona As regular readers will realize, I've been traveling through the American Southwest the past few weeks, ending with a few days in Sedona, Ar... https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2010/03/rural-counties-still-struggling-to-gain.html Legal Ruralism: Rural counties still struggling to gain access to broadband. NPR ran an interesting story on the topic of rural access to broadband this morning. Rural Americans are still struggling to gain access, a... gain accesslegalruralismcountiesstill https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2018/07/a-la-carte-legal-services-can-this-help.html Legal Ruralism: A la carte legal services - can this help solve the rural lawyer shortage? Illinois Public Media recently published an article that looked at a potential way to address the rural lawyer shortage, a la carte legal s... a la carte services https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2008/05/ Legal Ruralism: May 2008 A Little (Legal) Realism about the Rural legalruralismmay https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2022/07/more-militia-activity-in-california.html Legal Ruralism: More militia activity in California, this time in the shadow of the Oak Fire The San Jose Mercury News reports from Mariposa, California (population 17,131), where the Oak fire has spread rapidly since it started o... https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2009/01/lesbian-communities-in-rural-america.html?showComment=1766848170701 Legal Ruralism: A rural angle on lesbian separatist communities Sarah Kershaw's story in today's NYT about lesbian communities makes several mentions of rurality. Writing of lesbian pioneers who founded... a rurallegalruralismanglelesbian https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2007/09/rural-livelihoods-in-news.html Legal Ruralism: Rural livelihoods in the news Three articles in the Sunday New York Times pick up on rural themes and phenomena that we discussed in our first class: lack of anonymity, ... rural livelihoodsin thelegalruralismnews https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2023/07/ Legal Ruralism: July 2023 A Little (Legal) Realism about the Rural legalruralismjuly https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2017/05/wall-street-journal-on-rural-america-is.html Legal Ruralism: Wall Street Journal: "Rural America Is the New 'Inner City'" Janet Adamy and Paul Overberg report in today's Wall Street Journal under t hat very sobering headline . Further, here's the most sobering... wall street journalrural america https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2018/11/farm-bankruptcies-up-in-upper-midwest.html Legal Ruralism: Farm bankruptcies rise in upper midwest Madisonburg, Pennsylvania (Centre County) Owen Daugherty reports for The Hill, " Farm Bankruptcies on the rise according to new Fed Re... legalruralismfarmbankruptciesrise https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2008/09/rural-genius-regina-benjamin.html Legal Ruralism: Rural Genius: Regina Benjamin The MacArthur Awards ("The Genius Awards") have recognized the importance of ruralism this year. One of the winners is Regina Benjamin who f... legalruralismgeniusreginabenjamin https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2022/10/how-rural-arizona-students-treat.html Legal Ruralism: How rural Arizona students treat a Filipina teacher who came to help Eli Saslow reports for the Washington Post out of Bullhead City, Arizona , under the headline, " An American education. " The subhead is... https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2015/03/the-western-rural-rustbelt-learning.html Legal Ruralism: "The Western, Rural Rustbelt: Learning from Local Fiscal Crisis in Oregon" That is the title of one of Professor Michelle Wilde Anderson 's latest publications, in the Willamette Law Review (2014). The abstract f... https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2022/01/nick-kristof-on-rural-infrastructure.html Legal Ruralism: Nick Kristof on rural infrastructure and the common good Nicholas Kristof, former New York Times columnist who is living back on his family farm in Yamhill, Oregon and running for governor of that... nick kristofrural infrastructureand thelegalruralism https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2020/10/mysterious-killings-in-rural-riverside.html Legal Ruralism: Mysterious killings in rural Riverside County California linked to marijuana trade Here's the Los Angeles Times story, dateline Anza, California, population 3,014 . Here's the headline for the story about events that took... riverside county california https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2021/04/coronavirus-in-rural-america-part-cxxix.html Legal Ruralism: Coronavirus in rural America (Part CXXIX): More on vaccine hesitancy, religion, and... The dateline for this New York Times story is Greenville, Tennessee, population 15,062 , in the eastern part of the state, and Jan Hoffman ... https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2017/11/maine-sees-its-rural-lawyer-shortage.html Legal Ruralism: Maine sees its rural lawyer shortage and sets out to fix it The east coast of the United States is commonly associated with the bustling megalopolis that spans from Washington, DC to Boston, Massachus... https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2011/09/rise-in-pig-rustling-flummoxes-law.html Legal Ruralism: Pig rustling flummoxes law enforcement in the Midwest This New York Times story about the rising problem of pig theft reminded me of another recent story on a special law enforcement unit in T... law enforcementin thelegalruralismpig https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2019/06/a-historical-nugget-great-depression.html Legal Ruralism: A historical nugget: Great Depression era Yale Law graduates opted for rural... During a dive into some historical research, I came across an interesting nugget in The Boston Globe . In the October 24, 1932 edition of th... https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2021/08/coronavirus-in-rural-america-part-cxlix.html?showComment=1632383354029 Legal Ruralism: Coronavirus in rural America (Part CXLIX): More rural school trauma, this time out... The Oregonian reports from Adrian, Oregon, population 177 , in Malheur County, in the south eastern corner of the state . The headline is... https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2010/06/all-hype-has-me-bit-worried-about.html Legal Ruralism: All the hype about "Winter's Bone" has me a bit worried . . . Not to mention the content of three reviews I read or heard today about the film. "Winter's Bone," directed by Debra Granik, won the Grand ... https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2010/06/civil-disobedience-in-northern.html Legal Ruralism: Civil disobedience in northern California (and I don't mean the Bay Area) Michael Montgomery reported on NPR a few days ago from Humboldt County under the headline, "Pot Radio: Traffic, Weather and Drug Bust Tips... https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2011/08/west-memphis-three-and-being-outsider.html Legal Ruralism: On the West Memphis Three and being an "outsider in a small town" I was living in Little Rock, Arkansas, in the spring of 1993 when three 8-year-old boys were found murdered and "hogtied" in West Memphis, A... https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2025/12/rural-health-transformation-program.html Legal Ruralism: Rural health "slush fund" distributions announced Fall River Mills, California (c) Lisa R. Pruitt 2018 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced this week the establishment of... rural healthslush fundlegalruralismdistributions https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2014/04/racial-diversity-in-appalachia.html Legal Ruralism: Racial diversity in Appalachia Read more on NPR's Code Switch here . Here's the lede for Kathy Baird's story: When policymakers and news organizations need a snapshot ... racial diversitylegalruralismappalachia https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2023/09/space-tames-law-dog-tames-fugitive.html?showComment=1698471547079 Legal Ruralism: Space tames law, dog tames fugitive: Cavalcante captured after two week manhunt On August 31, convicted killer Danilo Cavalcante escaped from the Chester County Prison, located in West Chester, PA . This past Wednesday, ... https://open.clemson.edu/mlatp/36/ "Valley and Veg: New Ruralism as a Model to Link New Urbanism and Susta" by Helen Kimsey Blake By Helen Kimsey Blake, Published on 05/01/08 https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2021/05/law-and-order-in-ozarks-part-cxxviii.html Legal Ruralism: Law and Order in the Ozarks (Part CXXVIII): Miscellany A front-page headline in the April 7, 2021 issue of the Newton County Times was "Jasper begins land use regulation study." Jasper, populati... law and orderin thelegalruralism https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2011/10/institutions-of-rural-integration.html Legal Ruralism: Possible institutions of rural integration: Catholic church and the medical field The authors of the 2007 study "National estimates of racial segregation in rural and small-town America," found that towns with colleges or... https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2011/10/human-atms-bring-banking-services-to.html Legal Ruralism: Human ATMs bring banking services to the rural poor At a recent United Nations Development meeting, Ela Bhatt , lawyer who founded the Self Employed Women's Association in Gujarat, India, spok... banking servicesto thelegalruralismhuman https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2021/06/coastal-northern-california-town.html Legal Ruralism: Coastal northern California town suspends police officers for ridiculing people... Jason Pohl reported for the Sacramento Bee in a story published earlier this week. Several officers in Eureka, California, population 27,19... northern california https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2007/09/oxycontin-and-rural-america.html Legal Ruralism: The latest on the tragic tale of Oxycontin in rural America Oxycontin and other opioid analgesics have been making news in relation to rural America for several years now, and a few states have respo... the latest on https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2011/09/youve-got-mail-kind-of.html?showComment=1589422525146 Legal Ruralism: You've got mail ... kind of Legal Ruralism has previously highlighted the problem of post office closure in rural areas in February , in March and again just earlier t... legalruralismgotmailkind https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2020/05/coronavirus-in-rural-america-part-xxxxi.html Legal Ruralism: Coronavirus in rural America (Part XXXXI): Are "rural" states doing better with... I was struck when listening to this NPR segment this morning that many of the states meeting the minimum testing guidelines are rural, by o... https://legalruralism.blogspot.com/2021/04/rural-films-minari-and-nomadland.html Legal Ruralism: Rural films Minari and Nomadland receive critical praise As the pandemic keeps many of us at home, films and television provide an escape from the current reality. The impact of continued cultural ... legalruralismfilmsminarinomadland