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Drill, Baby, Drill—Until the Bill Comes Due
Texas spent the last few years riding high on $70-plus oil, stuffing state and local budgets with billions and convincing itself the good times were…
Texas Tries to Re-Teach Civics by Taping the Ten Commandments to a Classroom Wall
Texas is back in court, this time arguing that public schools should be required to…
MLK Day, Confederate Heroes Day, and a 74-Page Campaign Flier Disguised as Law
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day — which, in Texas, also happens to be Confederate…
ICE Is Busy in Texas – Lubbock Pretends Not to Notice
While Lubbock’s local news continues its proud tradition of strategic silence, the rest of Texas…
Lubbock Discovers It Loves Trucks, Nation Pretends This Is “New Data”
A new study analyzing more than 9 million used car sales has bravely confirmed what…
One Chase, Two Wrecks: Lubbock Still Found a Way
Late Saturday night around 10:47 p.m., an LPD officer attempted to stop a reportedly stolen…
Central Lubbock Declares War on Birds, Immediately Loses Ground
A Central Lubbock business owner has discovered that her biggest obstacle to running a salon…
Lubbock Discovers New Hobby: Touching Diseased Geese Anyway
If you’ve noticed an alarming number of birds around Lubbock acting like they just lost…
“Reconciliation 2.0”: Lubbock Congressman Discovers Groceries Are Expensive, Blames Everyone Else
Lubbock’s own Congressman Jodey Arrington took to a Washington press conference this week to announce…
AI Wants to Move to Lubbock, Immediately Asks for Water, Power, and 936 Acres of “Trust Us”
Lubbock’s latest civic identity crisis involves a proposed hyperscale AI data center slated for northeast…