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Presented by Charles W. Fluharty (President and CEO, Rural Policy Research Institute) at The New River Valley Planning District Commission Annual Dinner on March 12,
This presentation maps out the framework for regional rural innovation and the eight forms of rural wealth. Presented by Charles W. Fluharty (President and CEO,
This presentation discusses the climate of change in health care, payment policies and price reduction threats. It will also touch base on the Affordable Care
This column touches on leadership, seeking collaborative benefit, aligning towns, and creating an envisioned rural future. It will also discuss two major new rural initiatives.
This has been an historic, discouraging, and informative week in American politics, and the American people have had it. Really, can all this possibly become
Presented by Charles W. Fluharty (President and CEO, Rural Policy Research Institute) to the Utah Rural Summit in Cedar City, Utah on August 8,2013. View
RUPRI President and CEO Chuck Fluharty offers commentary on how the failure to pass a farm exposes changing realities in the rural landscape that are
RUPRI Health Panel Provides Comments to CMS-2367-P Proposed Rule Medicaid Program; State Disproportionate Share Hospital Allotment Reductions. July 12th, 2013. Read Comment Letter Here
RUPRI President and CEO Chuck Fluharty comments on factors at play in the defeat of the Farm Bill. Written by Charles W. Fluharty for AGRIPULSE
Presented by Charles W. Fluharty (President and CEO, Rural Policy Research Institute) to the Regards to Rural 2013 Rural Development Initiatives in Corvallis, Oregon on
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