Lily Kepner

1 day ago | yahoo.com | Lily Kepner

In 2019, Texas lawmakers passed a bill establishing open spaces at Texas universities as traditional public forums for anyone to speak freely. A new proposal in the Senate, however, would upend that statute and only allow students and employees to engage in expressive activities in common outdoor areas. Senate Bill 2972 by Sen.

1 day ago | yahoo.com | Lily Kepner

A Texas Senate bill requiring insurance companies to cover all follow-up care and treatment for potential adverse effects to patients who receive gender affirming care, including "therapy necessary to manage, reverse, reconstruct from, or recover from" such care is headed to Gov. Greg Abbott to become law after the House passed the proposal Monday and the upper chamber signed the measure Tuesday.

2 days ago | yahoo.com | Lily Kepner

David Sosa will serve as interim dean of the University of Texas College of Liberal Arts beginning June 1 as the university continues a search for a permanent successor, interim Provost David Vanden Bout said in an email to the campus community Monday. Sosa is a professor in the humanities at UT and the chair of the Philosophy Department.

2 days ago | yahoo.com | Lily Kepner

Equality Texas organized a rally on Friday with several advocacy partners to protest House Bill 229 and House Bill 778, which speakers argued would negatively impact the lives and freedoms of transgender Texans. House Bill 229, led by Rep.

6 days ago | statesman.com | Lily Kepner

The University of Texas System is investing $100 million in the School of Civic Leadership at its flagship campus in Austin. The "transformative" boost is meant to elevate the school into a leading hub for fostering future civic leaders and impactful change agents, board Chairman Kevin Eltife announced at a news conference Thursday alongside top Texas political leaders.