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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…

February 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…

January 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…

January 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…

January 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…

January 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…

December 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…

December 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…

December 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…

December 8, 2025