High Prices Strain Budgets in Rural Virginia's 1st Congressional District

A small business owner and a single mother describe coping with high prices in a rural part of Virginia's 1st Congressional District.

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High Prices Strain Budgets in Rural Virginia's 1st Congressional District

High prices are putting pressure on the budgets of a small business owner and a single mother in a rural area of Virginia's 1st Congressional District, NPR reports.

Both describe the economic stress they face and how they are managing it, offering personal accounts of living with elevated costs.

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