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USNWR 2021 grad school rankings: LBJ School ranks #8

March 17, 2020
AUSTIN, Texas, March 17, 2020 ­— ­The LBJ School of Public Affairs ranks No. 8 in graduate public affairs schools in the nation, according to U.S.

Prison restrictions to combat coronavirus leaving monitors, families locked out

March 17, 2020
Oversight visits to prisons and jails across the country are already collateral damage in the global pandemic. But in New York and Illinois, independent oversight officials no longer have access to...

A leadership reality check

March 17, 2020
It doesn't matter how good the plan is to combat the COVID-19 outbreak if leaders don't lead, writes Donald F. Kettl .

LBJ School: COVID-19 updates

March 17, 2020
The LBJ School is following all directives from The University of Texas at Austin regarding operations regarding COVID-19, with only essential personnel expected to work on campus. All other personnel will be working remotely. UT students are currently on spring break, and classes will resume on March 30.

USNWR 2021 grad school rankings: LBJ School ranks #8

March 17, 2020
The LBJ School of Public Affairs ranks No. 8 in graduate public affairs schools in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report's (USNWR) 2021 edition of "Best Graduate Schools."

Coronavirus in Texas: Prison population at risk of outbreak

March 14, 2020
More than 20 percent of the Texas prison population is over the age of 50, the most at-risk population when it comes to the new coronavirus.

Coronavirus in Texas: Prison population at risk of outbreak

March 14, 2020
More than 20 percent of the Texas prison population is over the age of 50, the most at-risk population when it comes to the new coronavirus. But the state prison system makes it difficult, and...

Little-known Alabama law says felons must carry special ID or go to jail

March 12, 2020
Michele Deitch, senior lecturer at the University of Texas at Austin's School of Law and Lyndon B.

Needed: A finance agency to handle the financial meltdown from the coronavirus

March 12, 2020
Congress should create a Health Finance Corporation to address resource allocation and the financing of the Covid-19 response.