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Weekday Mornings at 7:19 and 8:19

Start your morning with today's stories from Lubbock and around Texas.

  • Lawsuits are starting to mount in connection to the historic wildfires in the panhandle. And KUT’s Olivia Aldridge has the latest as the Texas Medical Board plans to discuss guidance for physicians navigating the medical exception to Texas' abortion law.
  • The NAACP urged Black athletes to boycott predominantly white schools in Florida over the state's anti-DEI policies, and KERA’s Bill Zeeble reports advocates in Texas are echoing that call. KTEP’s Aaron Montes’ reports a judge blocked the Texas Attorney General from immediately shutting down a Texas nonprofit that helps migrants.
  • Texas Public Radio’s Kayla Padilla reports the Uvalde police chief abruptly announced his resignation shortly before the City Council was expected to reject a report clearing local police officers of wrongdoing in the Robb Elementary School massacre. And KERA's Megan Cardona has more on a former prison employee calling for reform after alleged sexual abuse in a Fort Worth prison.
  • After the death of a nonbinary student in Oklahoma, our reporter Samantha Larned has more from LubbockPRIDE, who has called upon the city and local school districts to ensure measures are being taken to protect LGBTQ+ youth. And a committee of Texas lawmakers will look at the causes and response to the devastating wildfires north of Amarillo.
  • The Texas Newsroom’s Sergio Martínez-Beltrán has reactions to an independent investigation that exonerated all the Uvalde police officers who responded to the 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School. And Marfa Public Radio’s Mitch Borden reports on a new lawsuit from the Texas Attorney General's office against the Environmental Protection Agency over new regulations designed to cut down on methane pollution.
  • A former librarian has filed a lawsuit against Llano County over her employment termination in 2022. Texas Public Radio's Kayla Padilla reports she was fired after she refused to remove books deemed as “pornographic” in her library.
  • An electric utility company is acknowledging where their facilities may have played a role in igniting the largest wildfire in Texas history. And the Texas Newsroom’s Sergio Martínez-Beltrán reports many state representatives who voted against Gov. Abbott's school voucher plan lost during Tuesday’s primaries.
  • It’s Severe Weather Awareness Week and the National Weather Service is encouraging people to plan for sudden weather events that can happen in the spring by doing a tornado drill. And KERA’s Bill Zeeble reports on how school districts are struggling with budget deficits because of inflation, lower enrollment, and no new state education funding in years.
  • A little more than 34,000 people in Lubbock County voted in this year’s primaries if you include early voting. compared to the last presidential primary in 2020, that's a decrease of more than 7,000 voters. Our reporter Samantha Larned visited polling stations around town and asked voters what brought them out and what they thought of the process.
  • It’s Super Tuesday, and vote centers are open around Lubbock and communities across the country. To find a list of Lubbock County polling locations, click here. The Texas Newsroom’s Julian Aguilar has details on a new report showing the state of Texas could see hundreds of thousands of new citizens cast ballots this year.