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S2 Episode 1: Rural Problems and Prospects

Jim McLean
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Kansas News Service

Onedecade after the next, since the days of the Homestead Act, remote Kansas cities and towns have seen their sons and daughters move on to bigger, more vibrant places. That's had profound impacts on rural economies, rural health care and the vibrance of communities whose past looks rosier than the future.Jim McLean examines the factors that could make a difference between towns withering away or making the best of a modern, rural reality.

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Jim McLean is an editor and reporter for KCUR 89.3. He is the managing director of KCUR's Kansas News Service, a collaboration between KCUR and other public media stations across Kansas.