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Voters in Texas can decide on several local ballot initiatives — plus two constitutional amendments — on May 7 before heading back to the polls on May 24 for primary runoff elections.
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Chase Head is one of the candidates running to represent District 5 on the Lubbock City Council.
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Randy Christian is running for a second term as District 5 representative on the Lubbock City Council.
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Bill Felton is one of the candidates vying to represent District 5 on the Lubbock City Council.
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Mark McBrayer is the only candidate to represent District 3 on the Lubbock City Council.
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Pat Kelly is running to represent District 1 on the Lubbock City Council.
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Christy Martinez-Garcia is running to represent District 1 on the Lubbock City Council.
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School board meetings nationwide became viral, politically-charged battlegrounds during the pandemic. Much of the tension has now moved from concerns about COVID to debates about what’s being taught in classrooms. And that’s made local school board elections — happening across much of the state and in Lubbock on May 7th — more contentious than ever.
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The next session of the Texas Legislature is months away, but by the time it actually starts, a lot of the work will already be done. Lawmakers are working on early versions of their legislation right now — before some of them have even been elected.
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The Florida law prohibits teachers from teaching sexual orientation or gender identity to kids below the fourth grade.