@ruralinsights

ruralinsights has been a member of Linktree for 3 years and joined in October 2023. The social media accounts linked to from ruralinsights are: • Facebook • YouTube • Email Besides social media accounts, ruralinsights has populated their site with: • From Michigan Advance: Voters being misled about the cause of Michigan’s economic decline • What it Means to Be a Citizen of the United States of America (Part 1 of 3) • Surviving the Snow of the Decade, New Big Bay Environmental Center, Access to Higher Education, UP Gas Prices, Millages, & NCAA Playoff Representation • Newsletter Sign Up • Rural Insights Website • Veterans in the Upper Peninsula, SAIL, Michigan Presidential Primary Approaching, America's Older Leadership, Our Aging Population, & More From Our Reader Survey • Welcome to 2024, Former UP State Rep Awaiting Charges, LSSU Reveals Banished Words List, Good News for Michigan, and Schools of Choice Grow • Yankee Influence in Michigan's Upper Peninsula • Finlandia Property Bought Up, Free Speech on UP Higher Ed Campuses, Primaries in the 109th, Powell Township Says No to Rockets, & From the World Around Us • A Brief Overview of the Changing Housing Market in Poland • National Sauna Week, Free Legal Services for UP Veterans, Governor Whitmer Issues 2024 Goals, Free Speech on UP Campus, & Marquette Named Best Place to Visit • Health in the UP: Is it Improving? • Going Northbound: Filmmakers Investing in Michigan's Upper Peninsula • Western UP Copper Mine Complexities, UP Voter Information, Legal Service Dates for UP Vets, UP Leader Appointed, & Opioid Counseling to be Available • 'UPVETS Served' Program Provides Recreational Events and Connection to UP Veterans and Their Families • Global Service from Upper Peninsula Roots: Talking to Karen Ogle About Her Foreign Service Career • Solar Energy at the Former Groveland Mine Site: A Conversation with Lois Ellis & Elise Matz • US President Trivia, News for Finns and Friends, Old Hospital Property Construction, UP Senator's Push for Transparency, and Proposed Hotel Tax Amendments • Former UP Legislator Indicted, Transparency and Sunshine for Michigan Public Officials, and From the World Around Us • National Lost Sock Day, LSSU Gets New Board Members, Airbnb Tax, Additional Hotel Tax, and UP Voice Needed on Michigan Supreme Court • UP Local Government Survey, Keweenaw National Historic Park Announces Commissioned Artist, UP Hotel Tax, Pretty Quiet on UP Campuses, & From the World Around Us • Big Pinwheels in the Sky • Shrinking Population: Why It Matters • Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center Expands Veteran Care with New Specialists and Improved Access • Congratulations to High School and Higher Ed Graduates, Citizen Journalism Presentation, Homeownership in the UP and America, Finnish-American Classes, & Transparency in Nonprofits • Proceed With Caution • The UP’s Farming Revival Reconsidered • US Veteran Program Announced, Onto the General Election, Michigan Minimum Wage Increase, Students Returning to School, and Comments From Our Readers • Welcome New LSSU President, Disturbing News from Rural K-12 Schools, Important State Supreme Court Seats, Tourist Tax, and Big Box Store Loophole • The Upper Peninsula’s Tension between Infrastructure Spending and Infrastructure Needs • A Tradition in Hancock, Good News at NMU and MTU, Tourist Tax Gets Lots of Response, and From the World Around Us • The U.P.’s Post-Covid Economic Performance: The Importance of Recreation and Tourism • Free Community College Tuition Limited, K-12 Students and Classroom Cellphone Use, Weed Outlets on Every Corner, Cost of UP Child Care, & More • Rethinking 'Affordable': The Case for 'Attainable' Housing in Marquette • For What It's Worth • Izzo Fans Crowd Superior Dome, Election Day Approaches, UP State House Races, and An Interesting Tattoo Statistic • Marshfield Clinic Opens Regional Cancer Center in Iron Mountain • A Belated Happy Veterans Day, Free License Plates for Disabled Veterans, Congrats to UP University Athletes, & Rural Regions Losing Population • The UP's Blue House District Goes Red, Dark Stores Loophole, a Tax Bill to Help Local Communities, and Whooping Cough Increase • NMU Alumnus Nominated for Legislative Award, LSSU Issues Annual Banned Words List, Brock Tessman Lookalike, & Facts From Around the World • Eviction in the U.P. Deserves a Closer Look • Tessman Appointed to State Board, Should the Michigan Constitution Be Amended, and PAC Influence in Michigan Elections • Heating Rural Homes in Michigan, Weed Roads & Taxes in Michigan, Michigan Supreme Court Losing Member, and a Big Michigan Election Year • Former UP and Northern Michigan State Rep's Trial, NMU Men's Basketball GLIAC Champions, New Nickel Site Found in UP, and DOGE Closing UP Sites • NMU Alumnus Takes Lead on Protecting Same Sex Marriage, More Candidates Join 2026 Governor Race, Interest in College is Sinking, & the American Gerontocracy • Presidential Age Limits Survey Results, UP Planned Parenthood Closing, Line 5 Negotiations, Canadians Visiting Us, and a Gas Tax Increase in Our Future? • Exploring Lake Superior’s Lost History: The Forgotten Expedition of Melanchthon L. Woolsey • Congrats to Graduates, Governor Appoints First Yooper to Appeals Court, the UP and Canada, Opinion in Rural Insights, and Stats Around Michigan • Touring Cloverland: An Early Auto Adventure Across Michigan’s Upper Peninsula • Outstanding Upper Peninsula Farmers and Promoters of Agriculture • Happy Belated Mother's Day, A New Pope and New University Presidents, Nation's Longest Serving Mayor in the UP, and UP Tourism Spending Increases • Not Our First Rodeo: Reflections on Iran, Inflation, and Déjà Vu • Old Marquette Hospital Disappears, Former UP State Rep Going to Trial, International Students in UP and Across Michigan, State Revenue Down, and a Disturbing Number • NMU Search Process Adds to President Search, K-12 Funding Advocacy Group Formed, New Marquette Campground, and Mackinac Island Ferry Prices Increase • President Trump, Canada and the Upper Peninsula • Charging Into the Future: Can EVs Thrive in the UP? • Blues on the Bay, Housing for Teachers, Federal Cuts to Radio and TV, Possible Hole in Michigan Budget, and Stats from Beyond the UP • The Big Beautiful Act, Medicaid and the Upper Peninsula • Happy New Year and Goodbye Blizzard, Big Bay Mine Changes Ownership, Love and Weed, University License Plates, and a Welcome to the UP • Big Year for Michigan Politics, Facts from 2025, UP Institution Changes Leadership, and Some Political History • Change isn’t the problem—Profitizing Michigan’s mental health system is • Maintenance, Not Growth: U.P. Local Leaders Reflect Statewide Funding Strains • Prayers for Massey Family, LSSU Gets Large Grant, Tightening of Michigan Voter Rules, Michigan K-12 Reform, Veterans Hotline, and Michiganders in Mexico • President Trump, Canada, the Upper Peninsula and Tourists • A strong foundation of local democracy in the U.P.