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PBS News Hour

Kansas offers incentives to lure people back to the plains

Season 2014 Episode 810 | 8m 14s

The Great Plains have been losing population since the Dust Bowl in the 1930s. NewsHour travels to Kansas to find out about a state plan that offers incentives to attract new residents to Rural Opportunity Zones. Will deals on student loan reimbursement and state income taxes bring people to rural Kansas counties?

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