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Rural Americans face rising healthcare costs, coverage losses, hospital closures, and longer travel for urgent care as experts examine affordability, access, and solutions for communities nationwide under growing financial pressure. state’s agriculture industry.

How a legalistic breakdown of the Brown Act developed into something more akin to lifting the hood on the engine of our democracy. 

Advocates say they have support from the federal administration to propose the creation of a new state. Federal officials haven’t commented.

Promotoras have emerged as an essential piece in California’s ambitious plan to deliver healthcare to all residents regardless of immigration status. 

In early August, the Delta variant of COVID-19 arrived in this region where vaccination rates remain among the lowest in the state.