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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
Brandon Creighton in a suit standing in front of bookshelves after being appointed Texas Tech University System Chancellor.
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Texas Tech Hires Politician, Calls It “Innovation”

Well, it’s official. After the legally required three-week waiting period—because apparently you need a cooling-off…

September 30, 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
Nexstar Media Group logo on a smartphone screen with stock market charts in the background, symbolizing media consolidation and corporate growth.
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Nexstar Keeps Jimmy Kimmel Live! Off Its ABC Stations – A Symptom of Media Consolidation

If you turned on KAMC (our ABC station in Lubbock) recently, you may have noticed…

September 23, 2025
Exterior of the Jimmy Kimmel Live studio in Hollywood with show banners and crowds gathered on the Walk of Fame.
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Nexstar pulled the plug and Lubbock felt it: How corporate pressure helped push ABC to drop Jimmy Kimmel Live

If you flipped to KAMC (Lubbock’s ABC affiliate) this week expecting Jimmy Kimmel Live, you…

September 18, 2025