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A protest at Texas Tech University where students and faculty hold signs reading "Stop Censorship at TTU" and "My Students Deserve Better" in front of a campus building.
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Texas Tech Achieves Peak Innovation by Deleting Decades of Social Progress with a Bot

Chancellor Brandon Creighton (our favorite former state lawmaker turned academic overlord) has finally solved the…

April 13, 2026
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller wearing a cowboy hat and glasses while sitting in a car, looking sternly into a camera during a video call.
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Screwed: Sid Miller Warns of Flesh-Eating Larvae Creeping Toward the Border

Our favorite cowboy-cosplaying Agriculture Commissioner, Sid Miller, has officially entered “The Sky is Falling” mode,…

April 13, 2026
A low-angle shot of the U.S. Supreme Court building featuring the "Equal Justice Under Law" inscription with a blurred statue in the foreground.
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Texas AG Candidates Compete to See Who Can Send Us Back to 1950 the Fastest

Our potential future Attorneys General, Chip Roy and Mayes Middleton, recently held a “Who Can…

April 13, 2026
A man walks past a 'Vote Here' sign at Lauro Cavazos Middle School in Lubbock, blissfully unaware that the Department of Homeland Security is currently obsessed with his paperwork.
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Uncle Sam Wants Your Signature: Feds Descend on Lubbock Because Paperwork Is Scary

Guess what, Lubbock? We’re finally popular! The Department of Homeland Security is sliding into our…

April 11, 2026
A four-panel composite image featuring the 2026 Lubbock mayoral candidates: incumbent Mark McBrayer , Peggy Bohmfalk , Stephen Sanders, and G. Todd Winans, all wearing their best "I promise I won't raise your taxes (but I totally will)" smiles.
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Pick Your Poison: The 2026 Race to Sink the Hub City

Welcome back to another episode of “Who Wants to Rule This Dust Bowl?” as the…

April 10, 2026
Jordyn Dabelstein looking far too cool in a cowboy hat—a local nursing student whose future was cut short by a 3/4-ton truck and a police department that's suddenly forgotten how to issue a press release.
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The Hub City Information Blackout: Texas Tech Police Master the Art of Saying Absolutely Nothing

Welcome to Lubbock, where the only thing moving slower than the traffic on Indiana Avenue…

April 10, 2026
A photo of an empty white curved bookshelf in the middle of a school library, symbolizing the books being removed from the Texas mandatory reading list.
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Texas SBOE Solves Literacy Crisis by Deleting Frederick Douglass and Doubling Down on Sunday School

In a move that surprised absolutely no one who has spent more than five minutes…

April 10, 2026
Mugshot of Justin Aleman superimposed over a blurred image of a Lubbock Police vehicle at a crime scene in Mackenzie Park.
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Family Values: Justin Aleman Gets the ‘Lubbock Discount’ on a Double Homicide

Ah, Mackenzie Park. The crown jewel of Lubbock where you can enjoy a picnic, watch…

April 9, 2026
Texas Tech President Lawrence Schovanec sporting his finest "please don't take our football money" expression while wearing a tie that probably cost more than a graduate student’s monthly stipend.
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Schovanec Finds a New Hobby: Professional Boot Licking for the ‘Save College Sports’ Circus

While the rest of the college sports world is busy rolling its eyes at President…

April 9, 2026