rural

Rural residents ages 50 and older experienced higher rates of depression than urban residents in 2020 and estimates varied by race.

Rural areas are being hit hard by COVID-19. The CARES Act can help, but more will be needed.

Job growth weakened in December but the overall unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.5 percent. Plus a look at older workers and the regional jobs divide.

Four or five years ago, some time after I decided to bite the technological bullet and get fiber-optic broadband phone and Internet service at home, I gave up my "analog" - copper wire - telephone line.