Letters to the Editor
Rural hospitals, farmers, and small businesses face severe funding delays during the shutdown, with programs like Medicaid and REAP paused, impacting community health and sustainability.
- Earlier this month, U.S. Congress failed to pass a continuing resolution, halting funding as rural America faces immediate strain from the shutdown.
- The funding pause halted Medicaid and REAP support for communities, while recent measures redirected pilot benefits to large corporate agricultural operations.
- Rural hospitals warn they may not stay open without funds, while the letter stresses that undocumented status is a civil violation, not a crime.
- Congressional fractures surfaced as Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene broke from her party to prioritize health-care access, while the letter urges citizens to `speak truth to power`.
- Gabby Cosentino, a lifelong Seneca Falls resident, is presented as new-generation leadership committed to bipartisan, informed decisions for the whole community.
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Letters to the editor - October 19, 2025
The food safety dilemmaJustin Zahra, a former director of agriculture who works on climate-smart agriculture in the non-profit space at EU level, writes:When the prime minister and the European agriculture commissioner presided over the launch of Malta’s new Food Safety and Security Authority Agriculture, Minister Anton Refalo described this as ‘historic’.All food safety functions are...
Letters to the editor, Oct. 18, 2025
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Letter to the editor: Thank a veteran
Every year on Nov. 11, we pause to honor the courage, dedication and sacrifices of all those who have served in the United States Armed Forces. One hundred and six years ago, President Woodrow Wilson established Nov. 11 as Armistice…
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