/tags/rural-texas Rural Texas en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Fri, 19 Jul 2024 10:05:00 GMT /education/2024-07-19/smithville-tx-school-district-summer-nutrition-program-no-kid-hungry-texas A recent change in federal rules gives rural districts more options for providing summer meals. The change has allowed Smithville ISD to increase the number of kids getting healthy meals while school is out. Fri, 19 Jul 2024 10:05:00 GMT /education/2024-07-19/smithville-tx-school-district-summer-nutrition-program-no-kid-hungry-texas Becky Fogel /business/2022-10-03/cryptocurrency-miners-line-up-to-come-to-texas-and-rural-counties-are-welcoming-them Eager to bring new jobs to their towns and boost their tax base, rural Texas counties are courting companies that produce cryptocurrencies. Mon, 03 Oct 2022 12:26:20 GMT /business/2022-10-03/cryptocurrency-miners-line-up-to-come-to-texas-and-rural-counties-are-welcoming-them Mitchell Ferman /politics/2021-04-09/passage-of-senate-bill-brings-texas-closer-to-better-rural-broadband "It establishes a baseline state-level policy plan, and infrastructure, that ... will allow us to solve the problem." Fri, 09 Apr 2021 23:33:57 GMT /politics/2021-04-09/passage-of-senate-bill-brings-texas-closer-to-better-rural-broadband Shelly Brisbin /education/2020-04-03/as-ut-students-log-on-to-finish-classes-from-home-some-in-rural-texas-struggle-to-stay-connected Andrew Dareing is from Mertzon, Texas � a town with 743 people, where the only stoplight is a four-way blinking yellow light.“There’s not enough through� Fri, 03 Apr 2020 10:01:00 GMT /education/2020-04-03/as-ut-students-log-on-to-finish-classes-from-home-some-in-rural-texas-struggle-to-stay-connected Audrey McGlinchy /texas/2019-12-06/uil-realignment-spells-big-changes-for-small-schools From Texas Standard:Every two years, the University Interscholastic League � better known as the UIL � realigns the state’s public schools for� Fri, 06 Dec 2019 22:52:20 GMT /texas/2019-12-06/uil-realignment-spells-big-changes-for-small-schools Michael Marks