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Lubbock officials joined current and former members of local law enforcement to cut the ribbon on the city’s new police headquarters. Reporter Brad Burt has more on the $27 million facility. And Texas Public Radio's Marian Navarro explains immigration court data shows the number of incoming new cases continues to fall.

With West Texas tornado season quickly approaching, TTUHSC students are teaming up with medical professionals to diagnose and treat theater students role-playing as patients affected by a tornado. And Texas Public Radio’s Kayla Padilla has tips for gun owners after data shows 36 unintentional shootings by children in Texas in 2023 resulted in 14 deaths.

KERA's Toluwani Osibamowo reports federal district judges across North Texas and the Panhandle won't adopt federal guidelines aimed at curbing a judicial practice called judge shopping. And Texas Public Radio's Bonnie Petrie has more as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an alert over a case of bird flu in a human in Texas.

State and federal agriculture officials are investigating a disease impacting cattle in the Texas Panhandle and Kansas, officials with the Texas Farm Bureau say dairy farmers are taking extra precautions to protect their herds. and Texas Public Radio's Marian Navarro has more on five individuals arrested for allegedly trafficking military-grade firearms to a Mexican drug cartel.

The U.S. Supreme Court is deciding whether government can work with social media companies to prevent the spread of misinformation and if that amounts to censorship. Texas Public Radio’s Kayla Padilla has more the case of Murthy vs. Missouri. The Texas Newsroom's Julián Aguilar reports the U.S. Supreme Court has once again paused a controversial Texas border-enforcement law.

According to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, 2023 saw a record low for hunting accidents in the state. And Texas Public Radio’s David Martin Davies reports the chairman of HEB, the San Antonio-based grocery chain, is being condemned by members of the Texas Republican Party.

The City of Lubbock Public Health Department met with health experts, local leaders and community members to collaborate and exchange ideas regarding current and future health needs in Lubbock. The department is also taking input from an online survey which can be found at bit.ly/lubbocksurvey. Meanwhile, KERA's Elena Rivera has more on a new report showing Texas has more severe racial and ethnic health disparities than other states in the Southwest.

KERA's Stella Chavez reports on calls for the Biden administration to expand work authorization to longtime undocumented immigrants. And TPR's Jerry Clayton has more on a Texas woman suing the Starr county district attorney in relation to a murder charge connected to her 2022 abortion.

Today is the last day Texas citizens can register to vote in the May 4th general election. More information at votelubbock.org or from the elections office at 806-775-1338. And KERA's Zara Amaechi reports on pro-Palestinian student groups' concerns in the wake of an executive order issued by Governor Abbott.

Texas Public Radio's Paul Flahive has more on the private company which says it has solved the children without placement problem there in just one month of running much of the foster care system in North Texas. And a year after Medicaid unwinding began in Texas, KERA’s Elena Rivera reports more than two million people have lost coverage.