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KERA’s Juan Salinas II reports the new leaders of the Texas Republican Party both say they’d support a vote on whether the state should leave the U.S. And Texas Public Radio's Marian Navarro has the details on the House Ethics Committee's investigation into South Texas Congressman Henry Cuellar following his indictment earlier this month.

Officials say a tornado that touched down in the small West Texas town of Sanderson Sunday night heavily damaged buildings and left at least 10 injured. Following the storm, resources began pouring in to help residents. And Texas Public Radio’s David Martin Davies reports Texas Democrats are promising to make the November election all about reproductive rights.

Less than 24 hours after swearing in as Lubbock’s newest police chief, Seth Herman gave a formal statement on an officer-involved shooting late Monday night. And tomorrow marks 80 years since Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy in 1944. Texas Public Radio’s Kayla Padilla has more on a Black combat medic who served at D-Day, now set to receive a posthumous Distinguished Service Cross.

A local nonprofit is partnering with Texas Tech medical students to provide free medical care for people in Lubbock experiencing homelessness. In Dallas and Collin Counties, KERA's Christopher Connelly has more on a major initiative launched with federal pandemic relief funds helping more than 2,700 unhoused people move into homes of their own in the last two years.

Texas Tech University's men's basketball team agreed to a neutral-site exhibition game with an old rival in December. Our reporter Bishop Van Buren has more on what this means for their previous scheduling agreements. And the Texas Newsroom’s Julian Aguilar reports on reimbursement applications to cover goods lost or destroyed in Hurricane Beryl's aftermath for Texans enrolled in food assistance programs.

Community leaders, educators and members of tribal nations are calling on the Texas State Board of Education to include the renewal of an American Indian/Native Studies course on the Board’s agenda this Friday. If the course is not renewed before it expires, educators say it will indefinitely delay its availability moving forward.

Tomorrow, Lubbock will celebrate “Juneteenth,” a federal holiday marking the final enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas and the end of slavery after the American Civil War, with a parade and festival in Mackenzie Park. And Texas Public Radio's Camille Phillips has more on a Texas high school student invited to compete for a spot on the U.S. Olympic Track and Field team.

Lubbock residents gathered before the city council for a silent rainbow sit-in for the second year in a row on Tuesday. Our reporter Samantha Larned has more on local efforts pushing the city of Lubbock to declare June as Pride Month. And KERA's Paul DeBenedetto reports Texas successfully blocked the Biden administration from expanding sex discrimination protections to LGBTQ students.

With early voting underway in Texas, the Texas Civil Rights Project has established an election protection hotline to respond to concerns from those visiting the polls. Texas voters have been found to differentiate between border security and immigration, according to Texas Public Opinion Research. Texas Public Radio's Kayla Padilla has more on these recent findings.

If you need to get to the airport this weekend, you may want to adjust your route. The main lanes of I-27 are going to be closed as TxDOT crews demolish and rebuild a bridge on the north side of Lubbock, part of a $24 million project to improve bridges along I-27. KTEP’s Angela Kocherga has more after U.S. Customs and Border Protection says the number of people crossing the southwest border dropped by half in January.