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Dr. Maria Teresa Leos-Duemer inspects colorful serape stoles made by her Lubbock High School students for 600 Hispanic Texas Tech graduates, April 28, 2025.
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Texas Tech “Streamlines” Alumni Relations—By Cutting Off the People Who Made It Inclusive

After nearly a century of independence, the Texas Tech Alumni Association got folded into the…

October 29, 2025
Statue of a cowboy tipping his hat in front of the Texas State Capitol dome in Austin.
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“Droves,” Apparently Means 2.8%: Lubbock’s Early Voting Stampede Reaches… 5,460

Lubbock County is patting itself on the back because 5,460 people showed up in the…

October 28, 2025
Brandon Creighton speaks at a Turning Point USA rally at Cook’s Garage in Lubbock, Texas, standing at a podium beneath the illuminated Texas Tech sign before a crowd.
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Texas Tech’s New Motto: “Guns Up, Mouths Shut” — The Lone Star State’s War on Higher Ed Hits Its Stride

Texas Republicans have finally done it — they’ve turned higher education into a political rodeo.…

October 23, 2025
A person holding a cardboard box filled with groceries such as bananas, apples, corn, and bread labeled “SNAP + Fruits & Veggies = Better Nutrition,” symbolizing food assistance and nutrition support in Texas.
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Let Them Eat Nothing: 3.5 Million Texans Face SNAP Cutoff as D.C. Plays Shutdown Chicken

Nothing says “fiscal responsibility” quite like cutting off food for 3.5 million Texans — including…

October 23, 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
Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows stands in the state Capitol during a legislative session, facing possible censure under the Texas GOP’s new Rule 44.
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Texas GOP to Hold Its Own Purity Olympics — Lubbock’s Burrows Among the “Not Conservative Enough” Contestants

The Texas GOP is gearing up for a Saturday showdown in Austin where party leaders…

October 8, 2025
Audience gathered inside Cook’s Garage in South Lubbock for a Turning Point USA rally featuring Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, surrounded by vintage neon signs and political banners.
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Ken Paxton Resurrects in South Lubbock: Turning Point Rally Declares Charlie Kirk the New Jesus

Nothing says “civil discourse” quite like gathering a few hundred teenagers and homeschoolers in South…

October 8, 2025
Texas Tech University administration building with “Tech Thrive” banner in foreground on a sunny day in Lubbock, Texas.
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Texas Tech’s “Two-Gender Tango”: Where Academic Freedom Goes to Die of Bureaucratic Vague-ness

In a move that screams “please don’t make us go viral like A&M,” Texas Tech…

October 7, 2025
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaking at a press conference ahead of his appearance at a Turning Point USA event in Lubbock.
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Ken Paxton, Charlie Kirk, and the Traveling Circus Roll Into Lubbock

Mark your calendars, Lubbock: on October 7, Attorney General (and perennial indictment enthusiast) Ken Paxton…

October 2, 2025