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Government's top tech officials — including U.S. Chief Technology Officer Todd Park — showed up on Capitol Hill to give a status report of the troubled HealthCare.gov system. As the administration unveils enrollment numbers, the tech officials outlined technology metrics of progress.

This is the time of year when "Top Ten" lists come pouring out of the wood work. From the top ten albums, to the top ten actors, films, fashion and on and…

Over two weeks after 19 kids and two of their teachers were killed in the small town of Uvalde, Texas reporters are finding more questions than answers about that horrible day.

In another step to completing Texas' Ports-to-Plains corridor, the I-27 Numbering Act unanimously passed the US House of Representatives, designating roads from Raton, New Mexico, to Amarillo through Lubbock and Midland to Laredo, as part of Interstate 27. And KERA's Toluwani Osibamowo has more after A federal judge heard testimony in a lawsuit against Texas that could lead to a partial federal takeover of its foster care system.

After a public hearing, Lubbock city council members voted unanimously to reject a proposed ordinance to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana in the city. Reporter Brad Burt spoke with Mayor Tray Payne and Freedom Act organizer Adam Hernandez about the reasons behind the rejection and what's next for the ordinance.

Lubbock’s May 4 general election saw the District 2 city council and mayoral races go into runoffs. Early voting for the runoff is June 3 through June 11, election day is June 15. And the Texas Supreme Court has unanimously rejected a petition by a group of women. As KUT’s Olivia Aldridge reports, they were asking the state to clarify the medical exception to its abortion laws.

The Texas Department of State Health Services issued a warning against leaving children unattended in parked cars. Our reporter Bishop Van Buren breaks down what to do in the case of an emergency. The Texas Legislature reconvened for a special session yesterday. One of the priority items is redrawing congressional districts after a request from the U.S. Justice Department.

Last summer, Lubbock’s city council voted to reduce funding for the First Friday Art Trail from the Cultural Arts Grant Program. Now, one year later, the council was once again tasked with approving the grant recipients recommended by Civic Lubbock, Inc. KTTZ's Samantha Larned reports this year's funding was approved with a unanimous vote from the city council after some changes to grant guidelines, including a restriction on "controversial" issues.

Officials in Kerrville are asking people to limit travel as search and recovery efforts continue following deadly flooding. KERA's Marcheta Fornoff reports members of Fort Worth country singer Pat Green’s family are among those unaccounted for following the floods. Gaines County, where the West Texas measles outbreak was first identified, is no longer a designated outbreak county, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services. Our Samantha Larned says Lamar County is the only remaining outbreak area.

Lubbock Independent School District's Board of Trustees voted unanimously to pass phase one of its school consolidations last night. The plan will consolidate Overton Elementary School into Rush Elementary School, OL Slaton Middle School into Dunbar College Preparatory Academy and Atkins Middle School, and see the closure of Hodges Elementary School.