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On Dec. 29, 2025, Virginia was awarded $189,544,888 in health care funding from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The funding is aimed at remedying rural health care inequities in the commonwealth. ...more
The Qualified Opportunity Zone (QOZ) program was enacted in 2017 to promote economic development in low-income communities by allowing investors to defer taxes on capital gains through investments in Qualified Opportunity...more
The Buffalo River Watershed Alliance and 42 other environmental organizations (collectively, “BRWA”) submitted a Petition to the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Business-Cooperative Service (“RBCS”) styled: ...more
In mid-December 2025, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the INVEST Act – aimed at providing more investors with the opportunity to invest in private funds and at promoting private capital reaches into entrepreneurs in...more
This week, the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives will convene and begin the second session of the 119th U.S. Congress. With the beginning of the new year underway, all attention will quickly turn to the January...more
The Trump administration announced a new $50 billion rural health transformation program that will send between $147 million and $281 million to each state beginning in 2026....more
The IRS’s recent guidance (Notice 2025-50) and the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) have introduced a significant change for real estate investors and advisors focused on Qualified Opportunity Zones (QOZs) in rural areas....more
The Rural Health Transformation (RHT) Program is a five-year, $50 billion initiative established under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to strengthen healthcare delivery in rural communities....more
On Nov. 12, 2025, the president signed into law three appropriations bills to partially fund the government for the rest of fiscal year 2026 through Sept. 30, 2026, and a continuing resolution to fund the rest of the...more
On October 23, more than 100 Republican members of Congress penned a bicameral letter to the Treasury secretary and the director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), reaffirming support for the Community Development...more
On Tuesday, October 21, Brazil’s Acting President Geraldo Alckmin issued Federal Decree No. 12,689, extending the final deadline for mandatory georeferencing certification of rural properties....more
The National Rural Water Association (“NRWA”) has issued what it describes as its: Consolidation Guiding Principles (“CGP”)....more
The IRS recently issued Notice 2025-50 for the purpose of identifying each designated qualified opportunity zone (a “QOZ”) census tract that qualifies as a “Rural Area” for purposes of the recently enacted One Big Beautiful...more
On September 15, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published a highly anticipated Notice of Funding Opportunity (“NOFO”) announcement (the “Announcement”) to implement the Rural Health Transformation...more
I recently wrote about Opportunity Zones (“QOZs”), how they work and how they can be utilized for preferential tax treatment on certain investments. I closed that piece by stating that the current administration was a big fan...more
The New York State Assembly introduced a bill titled Disclosure of Material Changes to Veterinary Clinics, which would require veterinary clinics to notify and submit documentation to the state Attorney General's (AG) office...more
Alabama has established a sweeping energy infrastructure financing program through the “Powering Growth Act,” outlined in Senate Bill 304, which was signed into law by Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on May 14, 2025, and became...more
Cuts Commence as Budget Statement Persists - With the state budget more than seven weeks overdue, delayed payments are straining Pennsylvania libraries, foster care agencies, and schools, prompting service cuts, borrowing,...more
The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBCS) has issued a new policy directive that emphasizes portfolio stewardship and significantly alters eligibility criteria for...more
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) was signed into law on July 4, 2025. As part of the OBBBA, Congress has recharged and permanently extended the tax benefits offered by the Qualified Opportunity Zone (QOZ) program. ...more
It has been a busy summer for telehealth updates. Following is a high-level summary of the latest developments. On June 6, 2025, the Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (the “OIG”)...more
The U.S. wireless market consolidated a bit more on Aug. 1 when T-Mobile US, Inc. completed its acquisition of UScellular’s wireless operations. The deal went through after receiving antitrust clearance from the Department of...more
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed by President Trump on July 4, 2025 (the “OBBBA”) creates a new round of qualified opportunity zones (“QOZs”), with potential new QOZs to be designated every 10 years....more
On July 25, 2025, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) issued a new pole attachment order that further reformed the Commission’s rules and policies governing communications attachments to utility poles....more
The 2025 Tax Act cements tax benefits offered under the Qualified Opportunity Zone (“QOZ”) program, which was created to incentivize investment in low-income and high-poverty areas, and adds specific tax benefits for rural...more