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A promotional sign for Lubbock Loop 88 stands in front of a pile of dirt, construction shovels, and a heavy-duty truck at a groundbreaking or ribbon-cutting site.
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Behold the Glory: TxDOT Finally Finishes Four Whole Miles of Loop 88

Break out the sparkling cider and the commemorative gold-plated shovels, because Lubbock has officially achieved…

April 16, 2026
Diana Padilla standing in her farm office in Harlingen, Texas, surrounded by educational posters about Moringa and agriculture.
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Trump Kills $7M Grant Because Apparently Learning to Farm is “Too Woke” Now

Meet Diana Padilla, a woman from Harlingen who had the audacity to think that teaching…

April 16, 2026
A map of Texas with three eastern New Mexico counties shaded in a lighter blue, making the state's western border look like it's protruding into New Mexico.
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Expansionist Delusions: Lubbock Lawmakers Want to Manifest Destiny into New Mexico’s Dust

Because apparently, 268,000 square miles of tumbleweeds and orange traffic cones isn’t enough to satisfy…

April 14, 2026
A group of men in business suits, including state officials and legal representatives, gather at a wooden podium for a press conference regarding the Historically Underutilized Business program lawsuit.
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Texas Comptroller Discovers That ‘Acting’ Doesn’t Mean ‘King of the Universe’

In a shocking twist for anyone who thinks the Texas Constitution is just a suggestion,…

April 14, 2026
Texas Governor Greg Abbott speaks into a microphone and gestures during a press event discussing his property tax proposals.
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Governor Abbott Graces Levelland With His Presence to Watch People Actually Work

Fresh off securing his fourth GOP nomination—because why change a thing when the status quo…

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
An aerial view of a massive, dusty construction site in the Texas desert where a sprawling yellow foundation is being laid for a data center that will eventually house more servers than the state has stable power lines.
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Texas Flushes $3.2 Billion Down the Data Center Toilet While We Pray Our AC Stays On

In a move that surprises absolutely no one who has ever dealt with Texas “economic…

April 8, 2026
A flat, dusty construction site at 114th and Upland featuring a front-end loader, emergency vehicles with flashing lights, and a row of utility poles, all set against a backdrop of Lubbock’s finest generic suburban sprawl and endless brown dirt.
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Lubbock Construction: Because the Dust and Potholes Weren’t Enough to Kill You

Welcome to Southwest Lubbock, the land of “Coming Soon” signs and overpriced subdivisions where the…

April 3, 2026