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Exactly one person lives there and likes it that way.

In 2005, the journalist Alyssa Schukar began photographing the life of Elsie Eiler, the sole resident of Monowi, Neb.

Exactly one person lives there and likes it that way.

Elsie Eiler operates the only remaining business in her tiny Nebraska town. What will happen once she’s gone?

Officials in 1,468 local governments effectively said “no," turning away a potential total of $73 million, according to an Associated Press analysis of data compiled from every state.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. • From small towns to big cities, every government across the U.S. was offered a slice of $350 billion in federal coronavirus relief funds to help shore

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- From small towns to big cities, every government across the U.S. was offered a slice of $350 billion in federal coronavirus relief funds to help shore up their finances, cover pandemic-related costs and invest in community projects.

The pandemic assistance was offered, but leaders in nearly 1,500 communities turned it down.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — From small towns to big cities, every government across the...

Every government across the U.S. was offered a slice of $350 billion in federal coronavirus relief funds. Officials in 1,468 local governments effectively said “no.”