Roundup: February 1, 2021
ERS has updated its data on Covid-19 and Rural America.
As talk of the Biden administration appointing a “rural czar” seems to be heating up, the Brookings Institute has a new report out on its rural development policy ideas for the federal government.
Michele Statz (University of Minnesota Medical School) and Katie Young (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Sociology) have launched the new Law and Rurality Collaborative Research Network. (Yay!) Interdisciplinary law and society scholars, as well as non-academic practitioners with law and society interests, are invited to join by emailing Michele or Katie. More information here.
