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  • How one New Concord teacher's budget reflects rural America's economic frustration.

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📰 News we're reading

• Economic Frustration Tests Trump's Standing With Rural Voters, New KFF-AP Poll Finds (katiecouric.com) — A New Concord middle school teacher describes how rising gas and grocery prices are squeezing his family budget, reflecting broader frustration among rural voters nationwide. A new KFF-AP poll finds many rural Americans think the economy has worsened under Trump, yet many still lean Republican while questioning whether either party can truly ease their cost-of-living pressures.
   

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