In a city council meeting this week, recent fears of data center development met with generational frustrations over industrial zoning in north and east Lubbock, leading to threats of recalls for city leaders in a meeting where many who spoke out felt ignored.

Tomorrow is election day in Lubbock’s District 4 city council special election runoff between candidates Tim Green and Gary Boren. Saturday is also Lubbock Public Library's Back-to-School Bash at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center. You can find more information and register by the end of the day for a free CitiBus pass to the event here. Meanwhile, in Austin, a planned system of ultra-high-voltage transmission lines that would move electricity across Texas faced strong opposition at the state capitol this week. As KUT's Mose Buchele reports, rural landowners and opponents of renewable energy are asking lawmakers to put the brakes on the project.