Legal Ruralism

Recent Posts from Legal Ruralism

• Snack for thought...

  More Rural Prison Debate: Thomson, IL

  Rural neighbors and property disputes

  Read this interesting post called "Lawyers Cringe when Neighbors Fight." The true story is out of Texas County, Missouri, population 24,568. Don't miss the "What was accomplished" part near the end of the post. So…

• Food security in suburbs higher than in nonmetro areas, central cities

  Today's New York Times reports that "food insecurity" rose in 2008 to 14.6%, the highest it has been since the USDA began surveying this issue in 1995. Last year, for example, the rate of food…

• Poor economy results in rural Nebraskans feeling less positive about rural towns

  The University of Nebraska's 2009 Rural Poll reveals that rural Nebraskans feel less positive about living in rural towns. In 2008, 30 percent of people polled said their community improved over the past year. The…

• Law and Order in the Ozarks (Part XL): Federal and state investigations into grant expenditures reveal irregularities

  Two recent issues of the Newton County Times have mentioned state and federal investigations into the county's expenditures of special funds. The first story appeared Sept. 24, 2009, and is headlined, "Compton Water Association probed…

• Diabetes assistance in rural Louisiana

  Diabetes is on the rise in rural Louisiana and is projected to increase. In 2008, over 10 percent of Louisiana's adult population suffered from diabetes. A shortage of physicians in these areas results in many…

• Farmville- a facebook phenonemon

  The California Aggie, the University of California, Davis undergraduates' weekly student newspaper, published a front page article this week on "Farmville," a wildly popular Facebook application. The headline reads, "25 million users play online farming…

• Rural School and Community Trust education report released

  The "contexts and conditions of rural education in each of the 50 states" is explored in the recently released report Why Rural Matters 2009: State and Regional Challenges and Opportunities. The report, fifth in a…

• Rural 10-year-old refuses to say pledge, citing discrimination against LGBT community

  Read coverage of the matter in The Arkansas Times and John Brummet's column in the Arkansas News, posted October 15, 2009, and picked up on The Huffington Post here. The dateline is West Fork, Arkansas,…