Economic Opportunity
Stories by Kevin Hardy, Stateline
Sustainability
‘Time for a Reckoning.’ Kansas Farmers Brace for Water Cuts to Save Ogallala Aquifer
After decades of local inaction, Kansas lawmakers are pushing for big changes in irrigation.
News & Issues
‘Lifeblood of the Community’: States Invest to Save Rural Grocery Stores
Lawmakers hope grant and loan programs can help small towns keep their markets open.
News & Issues
Team Owners Look to Taxes Amid ‘Stadium Construction Wave’
Weighing Costs and Benefits
News & Issues
Agriculture Built High Plains Towns. Now, it Might Run Them Dry.
As the Ogallala Aquifer dwindles, rural towns try to keep their sole water source.
News & Issues
This Land is Our Land: States Crack Down on Foreign-Owned Farmland
As foreigners buy up American agricultural land, lawmakers want to keep certain countries out.
Funding for Flatland
Provided By
William T. Kemper, Commerce Bank, Trustee
Jo Anna Dale
Herbert & Bonnie Buchbinder