Lily Kepner
Higher Education Reporter at Austin American-Statesman
Higher education reporter @statesman. Words in @BostonGlobe @GBH @USATODAY @dailyfreepress @BUSpark • Journalism @COMatBU '23. Pronouns: she/her.
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4 weeks ago |
statesman.com | Lily Kepner
Since 2022, Mayor Kirk Watson has been wrestling with a challenge. The good challenge, as he calls it, of a booming city: how to tackle affordability and infrastructure. As more people moved to Austin, he wondered, how can he make it so more families keep more money in their pockets?
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4 weeks ago |
statesman.com | Lily Kepner
A month into his new role, interim University of Texas President Jim Davis addressed the institution's Faculty Council, touching on the scrutiny state lawmakers have placed on such groups and on controversial higher education proposals coming down from the federal and state governments. In his first address to the monthly meeting of elected professors, Davis addressed the intensity of the current moment, when higher education is under scrutiny on a federal and state level.
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4 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Lily Kepner
A month into his new role, interim University of Texas President Jim Davis addressed the institution's Faculty Council, touching on the scrutiny state lawmakers have placed on such groups and on controversial higher education proposals coming down from the federal and state governments. In his first address to the monthly meeting of elected professors, Davis addressed the intensity of the current moment, when higher education is under scrutiny on a federal and state level.
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1 month ago |
statesman.com | Lily Kepner
Decked in colorful decor, sparkly drag attire, formal suits and rainbow heart-shaped pins, hundreds of LGBTQ rights activists rallied at the Texas Capitol on Monday to protest hundreds of bills they decried as harmful to queer Texans — and to emphasize the importance of joy, authenticity and fight in this time.
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1 month ago |
yahoo.com | Lily Kepner
Decked in colorful decor, sparkly drag attire, formal suits and rainbow heart-shaped pins, hundreds of LGBTQ rights activists rallied at the Texas Capitol on Monday to protest hundreds of bills they decried as harmful to queer Texans — and to emphasize the importance of joy, authenticity and fight in this time.
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