The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) has formally petitioned the U.S. Department of Agriculture to scrap what it calls ...

(CNN) — Slower mortgage approvals, stalled rural home loans and a freeze on new flood insurance policies: The government shutdown, which began at midnight on October 1, could gum up some of the gears ...

Acting Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Joel Baxley last week announced that USDA is providing $858 million in loans to upgrade rural electric systems in 17 states. The funding ...

PIERRE, S.D. — Interest rates for the Rural Development Loan through the Governor’s Office of Economic Development for South Dakota have recently been lowered. The interest rate was lowered from 4.5% ...

The continued availability of government guaranteed mortgages for rural homebuyers was virtually assured yesterday when the House Financial Services Committee voted to approve H.R. 5017. The unanimous ...

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Photo caption: The historic district of Grand Coteau, Louisiana. Photo courtesy Facebook/Town of Grand Coteau. A bill to help the state’s small rural communities to fund infrastructure projects and ...

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