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Our reporter Samantha Larned has more on the county’s need for poll workers, with a special constitutional election coming in November. After issues with a system update forced Driver License offices across the state to cancel appointments, reporter Bishop Van Buren tells us services are now back up and running.

Lubbock citizens have turned in their petition to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana in the city. The Texas Newsroom’s Sergio Martínez-Beltrán reports educators have recruited plumbers to help in their efforts pushing back against the proposal which would give parents taxpayer dollars to pay for the private or parochial tuition of their children.

Investigators confirmed Deputy Chief Leath McClure with the Lubbock Police Department was arrested on two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and one count of continuous violence against the family. The Texas Newsroom’s Sergio Martínez-Beltrán has more on Texas House Democrats' education plan in response to Gov. Abbott's push for school vouchers.

Texas Public Radio’s David Martin Davies reports on a ruling from a federal judge that Texas violated the law when it deployed buoys into the Rio Grande. TPR’s Pablo De La Rosa has more on a wildfire impacting one of the largest nature reserves protecting migratory birds in the Rio Grande Valley.

Our reporter Bishop Van Buren has more details on canceled appointments at Driver License Offices across Texas yesterday. And a new study finds Three out of four Texas school teachers are still seriously considering leaving the profession.

A Tarrant County Jail detainee who was housed under contract at the nearby Dalby facility in Garza County has died in custody. KERA's Paul DeBenedetto reports the unidentified man was one of hundreds of people transferred because of overcrowding.

The City of Lubbock has named an interim chief for the Lubbock Police Department, following the announcement Floyd Mitchell's resignation. Reporter Samantha Larned has more on the city's first Lubbock Lemur Day, meant to recognize the efforts of a local nonprofit raising awareness of exotic pets in Texas.

With the start of early voting soon, there's still time to register. Our reporter Brad Burt has more on a bond measure to fund new medical examiner's facilities in Lubbock County. Texas Public Radio's Marian Navarro explains a recent call for suggestions of Latino artists to be added to the National Recording Registry.

Reporter Bishop Van Buren has more on Lubbock Representative Jodey Arrington's decision in an historic vote from the U.S. Congress. And KERA's Miranda Suarez reports on Tarrant County's approval of a $22.5 million contract to house inmates in a prison outside Lubbock.

Houston Public Media's Andrew Schneider has more on the rocky start to the third special session for Texas GOP after a holocaust denier meets with a number of prominent Republicans. The first item of business for both the Texas House and Senate is passing bipartisan resolutions in support of Israel after attacks by Hamas in the country.