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A group of approximately 25 community members, including representatives from the NAACP and the Lubbock Coalition of Black Democrats, stand together in a wood-paneled room for a press conference supporting student DeTayevion Lang.

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Lubbock-Cooper Senior Learns the Hard Way That “Complexity” is Code for “We’re On Lunch Break”

Lubbock-Cooper High School senior DeTayevion “Taye” Lang—a 17-year-old Black student with a straight-A average—is currently…

lubbock-sucksFebruary 9, 2026

Lubbock ISD building sign with Texas and American flags flying in the background under a blue sky.

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LISD Invents a Spreadsheet to Decide Which Schools Live, While the State Sharpens the Axe

Lubbock ISD has unveiled its shiny new District Optimization Framework, a very official-sounding checklist to…

lubbock-sucksJanuary 27, 2026

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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MLK Day, Confederate Heroes Day, and a 74-Page Campaign Flier Disguised as Law

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day — which, in Texas, also happens to be Confederate…

lubbock-sucksJanuary 20, 2026

Masked ICE agents and local police stand near a white enforcement vehicle during a public immigration operation in a Texas city.

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ICE Is Busy in Texas – Lubbock Pretends Not to Notice

While Lubbock’s local news continues its proud tradition of strategic silence, the rest of Texas…

lubbock-sucksJanuary 19, 2026

Member of the Lubbock Coalition of Black Democrats speaking at a press conference in support of Estacado High School coach Tamarick Courtney while community members listen.

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LISD Forgot the Bus, Found a Scapegoat

The Lubbock Coalition of Black Democrats had to step in this weekend because Lubbock ISD…

lubbock-sucksJanuary 12, 2026

Aerial view of a sprawling South Texas suburban neighborhood with newly built homes, wide roads, palm trees, and undeveloped land stretching into the distance.

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Texas Wants Cheap Houses, Fewer Immigrants, and Apparently a Magical Workforce That Doesn’t Exist

Down in South Texas, construction sites are turning into ghost towns—not because people don’t want…

lubbock-sucksDecember 25, 2025

Downtown Slaton, Texas town square with brick streets, storefronts, fall trees, and a mural under a wide West Texas sky.

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Federal Racism Probe Ghosts Lubbock Schools, Racism Decides to Stick Around Anyway

The local NAACP meeting in Lubbock opened with a prayer and quickly turned into what…

lubbock-sucksDecember 24, 2025

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…

lubbock-sucksDecember 8, 2025

Business owner at a laptop looking concerned after Texas removes most companies from the HUB certification program.

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Texas “Helps” Small Businesses by Booting 97% of Them Out of Support Program

In a plot twist no one asked for, Texas’ acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock approved thousands…

lubbock-sucksDecember 8, 2025

A person reviewing a printed map of proposed Texas U.S. congressional districts, showing color-coded boundaries from plans PLANC2331 and PLANC2333.

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Texas Redistricting Drama: Carl Tepper Swears He Didn’t See Race, Just Pure, Old-Fashioned Partisan Greed

Texas is once again in its favorite kind of chaos: election chaos. The U.S. Supreme…

lubbock-sucksNovember 22, 2025

Racism

Lubbock-Cooper Senior Learns the Hard Way That “Complexity” is Code for “We’re On Lunch Break”

LISD Invents a Spreadsheet to Decide Which Schools Live, While the State Sharpens the Axe

MLK Day, Confederate Heroes Day, and a 74-Page Campaign Flier Disguised as Law

ICE Is Busy in Texas – Lubbock Pretends Not to Notice

LISD Forgot the Bus, Found a Scapegoat

Texas Wants Cheap Houses, Fewer Immigrants, and Apparently a Magical Workforce That Doesn’t Exist

Federal Racism Probe Ghosts Lubbock Schools, Racism Decides to Stick Around Anyway

Texas Teens Finally Get What They Need: More Political Indoctrination, Obviously

Texas “Helps” Small Businesses by Booting 97% of Them Out of Support Program

Texas Redistricting Drama: Carl Tepper Swears He Didn’t See Race, Just Pure, Old-Fashioned Partisan Greed

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