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KTTZ reporter Bishop Van Buren has more after Tuesday's public hearing to address the annexation of over 370 acres into the city limits, including the Highland Oaks neighborhood. And Texas Public Radio’s Pablo De La Rosa reports the ATF recently released records tracing individual firearms smuggled across the US-Mexico border for the second time in more than 20 years.

The Texas Department of Transportation is accepting public comment on the Rural Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP) for the years 2025 through 2028. The virtual meeting posted by TxDot will cover proposed projects for Lubbock and neighboring counties. And KERA's Bekah Morr reports on new data from the Society of Family Planning about telehealth abortion care in states which have restricted the procedure.You can watch the Lubbock TIP meeting here. And public comment can be sent via mail to TxDOT Lubbock District at 135 Slaton Hwy, Lubbock, TX 79404-5201or via email to LBB_projects@txdot.gov with the subject line FY 2025-2028 Rural TIP Comment.

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center is hosting a suicide prevention summit this morning, aimed at helping college administrators implement more mental health services and support for their students. And TPR's Pablo De La Rosa has more on a study about optimizing water usage along the Rio Grande.The Texas Higher Education Suicide Prevention Spring Summit will take place from 8 a.m. to noon. The link to register for the virtual event can be found here.

Less than two weeks after Louisiana's governor signed a bill requiring that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom in the state, Oklahoma’s State Superintendent ordered public schools in his state to teach the Bible as part of their curriculum. And Texas Public Radio's Kayla Padilla reports that two former Uvalde officers are charged with child endangerment for their botched response to the Robb Elementary School shooting in 2022.

KERA's Megan Cardona has more after a Texas teachers' association was hit with a data breach impacting more than 400,000 employees and members. And Texas Public Radio’s Jerry Clayton reports the National Air Racing Championships, a fixture in Reno, Nevada since 1964, will soon be much closer to Lubbock.

Lubbock’s annual Pride Festival featured an exhibit called Redesigning Resistance: Works on LGBTQ Rights in Lubbock. Our reporter Samantha Larned was there and has more. And KERA's Caroline Love reports the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a North Texas man's challenge to a domestic violence gun law.

Texas Public Radio’s David Martin Davies reports a new Center for American Progress analysis shows the distance Texans have to travel to access abortion care is proving to be a barrier for many women. And Ruidoso residents are returning after being forced to evacuate from fast-moving fires approaching the New Mexico mountain town.

KERA's Marina Trahan Martinez reports on a study from the University of North Texas at Dallas decided about what motivates urban-area police recruits to pursue a career in law enforcement. And the world's youngest professional mariachi singer, who hails from San Antonio, was honored this past week by Bexar County Commissioners. Texas Public Radio's Brian Kirkpatrick has more.

Residents of the New Mexico village of Ruidoso along the Texas-New Mexico Border, about four hours due west of Lubbock, have been ordered to evacuate their homes after two active fires have threatened the community. And KTEP’s Angela Kocherga has details after a state judge heard arguments from the Texas Attorney General office about its attempt to close a Catholic nonprofit that provides temporary shelter for migrants in El Paso.

As historically low levels of water in the Rio Grande continue to threaten communities in the U.S. and Mexico, incoming rain is expected to provide short-term relief to water reservoirs. Texas Public Radio’s Pablo De La Rosa has more on infrastructure needs at the border. And KERA's Christopher Connelly reports on how Texas renters and homeowners are impacted by housing costs.