(5.) Banking. He would strengthen the Community Reinvestment Act to prevent banks from discriminating against rural areas in loan practices.
(6.) Federal funds. Edwards says more than half of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's $70 billion in rural development funds goes to urban areas. He would make sure more goes to rural areas.
(7.) Education. Edwards would push for higher pay for teachers in rural areas and provide college scholarships to children in poor rural areas.
(8.) Health care. Edwards is proposing a universal health care plan and supports publicly funded expansion of telemedicine to help rural areas.
(Christensen reports for The News & Observer in Raleigh, N.C.)
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