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Students stand with their hands over their hearts during a Turning Point USA gathering in Lubbock, with an American flag and TPUSA sign displayed in the background.
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Texas Teens Finally Get What They Need: More Political Indoctrination, Obviously

Gov. Greg Abbott has teamed up with Turning Point USA to make sure every Texas…

December 8, 2025
Faded Buddy Holly glasses painted on a Lubbock crosswalk slated for removal under Governor Abbott’s new directive.
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Abbott Wanted to Nuke Rainbow Crosswalks – Instead, He Accidentally Banned Buddy Holly

In a stunning act of political slapstick, Governor Greg Abbott’s crusade against rainbow crosswalks has…

November 13, 2025
Texas Rep. Brian Harrison sits at a conference table in his office, hands clasped and expression stern, beneath a framed Trump-signed document and closed blinds casting sharp shadows across the room.
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Syllabus by Subtweet: Brian Harrison’s One-Man “Curriculum Review Board”

A Texas State student posted a mocking reenactment of Charlie Kirk’s assassination; Rep. Brian Harrison…

October 14, 2025
View of Texas Tech University campus in Lubbock, showing red-tiled rooftops and academic buildings on a clear day.
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Texas Tech Tells Professors: Two Genders Only, Y’all

The Texas Tech University system just told its faculty to keep classroom discussions strictly male-or-female,…

September 26, 2025
Student walking across Angelo State University campus with trees and ASU banners in view.
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Angelo State Tells Professors: “Don’t Say Trans”

Angelo State University just became the first public Texas university to ban professors from discussing…

September 25, 2025
Hand holding a rainbow pride flag with words like love, respect, freedom, tolerance, equality, and pride, during a peaceful sit-in at Lubbock City Council advocating for official Pride Month recognition.
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Lubbock City Council Still Pretending Pride Month Doesn’t Exist, Year Three of Awkward Silence

For the third year in a row, Lubbock Pride and supporters packed City Hall for…

June 24, 2025
Rainbow Pride flag waving against a blue sky, symbolizing support for Lubbock's LGBTQ+ community and the 2024 Pride Month proclamation campaign led by OUTwest Lubbock
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Lubbock Pride: 13 Years of Festivals, Still Waiting on a Proclamation

OUTwest Lubbock is tired of being ghosted by City Hall, so they’ve launched a letter-writing…

June 13, 2025
First Friday Art Trail attendees write what they love about the monthly event on a wall outside of the Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts gallery during First Friday Art Trail in Lubbock on Aug. 2.
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City Council Cuts Arts Funding, Pretends It’s About “Common Sense,” Not Drag Queens

For 20 years, Lubbock’s First Friday Art Trail has been one of the few things…

August 15, 2024