The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched a technical assistance program for water infrastructure in early March 2026 designed to help rural communities update and repair aging water ...

Community leaders, residents, and USDA Rural Development representatives gather in Loveland, Ohio, Nov. 2, 2024. RD's Community Facilities program allowed them to break ground on a new, ...

Federal agriculture officials are investing more than $11 million in Kansas to help modernize critical water infrastructure ...

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins speaks with reporters outside the White House, Thursday, April 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) Reductions in staff and office closures loom ...

In this April 5, 2010 photo, Lisa Kartek stands near an open field and looks toward the home she purchased in Annandale, Minnesota, through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development ...

U.S. Department of Agriculture Kansas State Director for Rural Development Christy Davis recently announced $13.35 million in loans and grants to upgrade water and electrical systems in rural Kansas ...

On Saturday, House Speaker Mike Johnson released a resolution to fund the federal government through September 30, the end of the federal fiscal year. The proposal is not a “clean” continuing ...

The city says the action is to address the long-standing drinking water crisis ...

As Missouri State Director for United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development (USDA Rural Development), I live and breathe all things within my agency all day, every day. For most people ...

There was a groundbreaking in the town of Melville Monday morning, and it marked the start of a major improvement for the St.