A study released in 2016showed rural areas are disproportionately poor, uneducated and pay high relative costs for crime and disability because of the loss of good jobs, local businesses and opioid abuse. But there’s an idea being floated to establish a special state fund for those rural counties. Under the plan, a two year, $110 million dollar equalization fund would be established to help counties that lack local revenues to meet basic needs. Center for Community Solutions researcher John Begala, says many people in rural communities often have to go elsewhere to spend dollars, leaving their hometowns without a sales tax base to deal with local needs.
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New Plan Floated To Equalize Local Government Funding
