{"id":3163,"date":"2025-08-15T17:07:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T17:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/news\/disaster-response-in-rural-america-diana-bryant-highlights-urgent-policy-needs-copy\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T15:33:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T15:33:54","slug":"trumps-one-big-beautiful-bill","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/news\/trumps-one-big-beautiful-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s &#8220;One Big Beautiful Bill\u201d Could Aggravate the Rural Lawyer Shortage"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-3163\" data-postid=\"3163\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-3163 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_pou7053 tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  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class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW201123639 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">expresses concern over <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW201123639 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">how the \u201cOne Big Beautiful Bill\u201d <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW201123639 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">could significantly <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW201123639 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">impact<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW201123639 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\"> the availability of legal <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW201123639 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">services <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW201123639 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">in rural America.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW201123639 BCX0\" 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