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Today is the deadline for candidates to apply to run for Lubbock’s City Council District 4. Our Samantha Larned has more on candidates in the upcoming race, including one whose application was previously denied. After calls for investigations from Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows, the online game creation platform Roblox removed a role-playing game that allowed users to relive the 2022 Robb Elementary school shooting.
Early voting is underway in Lubbock, and among the items that city residents can expect to see on their ballot is the mayoral race. Texas Tech Public Media and the Lubbock-Avalanche Journal hosted a forum discussion with all four of Lubbock's mayoral candidates on April 15. You can find a full recording and transcript of the discussion here.
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The KTTZ news team received three Texas Broadcast News Awards this weekend for its feature stories and local government reporting.
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