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Yesterday, Lubbock’s Mayor Mark McBrayer held the city’s 43rd State of the City Address, the first during his time as mayor. He spoke with various department leaders about topics like economic development, water, recreation, road construction, and public safety.

Students and faculty at public universities across Texas are grappling with the effects of a new state law banning DEI offices. TPR Education Reporter Camille Phillips attended a symposium on academic freedom that was designed to help them learn how to navigate the impact.

The House approves President Bush's $87 billion request for new spending in Afghanistan and Iraq. The funds, aimed mostly at supporting U.S. troops in those countries, are likely to pass in the Senate Friday night. The lopsided vote in favor of the aid request belies weeks of debate over the spending measure and the U.S. presence in Iraq. NPR's David Welna reports.

The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center cancelled an event organized by a student group, set to take place last week featuring a conversation about third-trimester abortion. Our reporter Samantha Larned reports the decision has been met with support and criticism from free speech advocacy groups.

Lubbock’s Amortization & Strategic Downzoning Study Committee, or ASDS, held its second meeting on Monday, where committee members kept coming back to the same question: what exactly does amortization mean? Our reporter Samantha Larned has more.

Texas Public Radio's Marian Navarro has more on 35 songs and albums by Latino musicians nominated for inclusion into the National Recording Registry. KERA’s Katherine Hobbs reports on a pilot program from the City of Dallas intended to help day laborers secure jobs without getting ripped off.

An earthquake shook the ground in west Texas this weekend, some felt it here in Lubbock. Texas Public Radio’s Jerry Clayton reports it was among the strongest quakes in recent years. Tomorrow, the City of Lubbock Solid Waste Department is providing an opportunity to drop-off unwanted items that can be reused or large items for disposal. The Move Out Give Back events are May 7 and May 17 from 8:30 A.M. to 6 P.M. with locations at First Baptist Church's southeast parking lot at 13th Street & Avenue V and next to the City of Lubbock recycling site, at 2901 Elgin Ave. You can find more information at mylubbock.us/move-out-give-back.

Our reporter Brad Burt has more on how a joint arrest effort involving federal and local law enforcement has officials highlighting the issue of stolen guns and a need for responsible gun ownership. And the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has received complaints about smoke from underground smoldering at the site of buried debris from Lubbock’s 1970 tornado.

Last week, the Texas Supreme Court ruled against a group of women seeking clarifications on the state’s prohibition on abortions. Texas Public Radio’s Kayla Padilla reports that Catholics for Choice denounces this ruling. And TPR's Pablo De La Rosa has more on the World Health Organization confirming the first fatal case of bird flu in Mexico.