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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
A tiny model house and a set of keys on a wooden table, perfectly capturing the size of the apartment you’re now paying $1,388 a month for in Lubbock.
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Congratulations, Lubbock: Your Landlord Just Found a Way to Charge You $14 More for the Same Dust

While everyone in West Texas loves to point and laugh at California’s 14% rent hikes,…

March 31, 2026
Trump speaking at his desk in the Oval Office while Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins stands behind him during an announcement about federal support for farmers in 2025.
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The Guy Who Set the Barn on Fire Offers a Free Cup of Water to Help Put it Out

Our local tractor-enthusiasts gathered on the White House lawn Friday to hear the Big Boss…

March 28, 2026
A deeply focused Dustin Burrows raises a giant wooden gavel high in the air, looking like a man who is about to heroically strike down a fly or perhaps just finalize a plan to turn eastern New Mexico into Lubbock’s newest, dustiest suburb.
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Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows Proposes Manifest Destiny 2.0: The New Mexico DLC

Lubbock’s favorite son and current House Speaker, Dustin Burrows, has released his “interim charges” for…

March 26, 2026