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Lubbock City Council approved a new road bond proposal, which will be on the ballot for citizens to vote on in November. Our reporter Samantha Larned has more on the bond and how the council arrived at its decision.

Our Samantha Larned reports on Lubbock City Council's decision to renew the lease on the Godeke Branch Library, after an outpour of concern from residents. Concern that some council members say was unwarranted.

The Lubbock City Council meeting yesterday covered a range of topics including renewing the lease for the Godeke Branch Library, funding for a November road bond, and the decision to cut funding for the First Friday Art Trail. Our reporter Bishop Van Buren has more on the council's decision to return partial funding to the LHUCA event, solely for security.

The Lubbock Police Department provided an update on Sunday's officer-involved shooting, the third the city has seen this year. And researchers at Southern Methodist University in Dallas are studying wastewater injection from oil and gas drilling to better predict earthquakes.

The heat in Lubbock this August has raised concerns about it's impact on medications. Our reporter Bishop Van Buren spoke with an expert from the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center about storing medications properly and how certain drugs can have adverse effects in high temperatures.

Texas Public Radio’s Camille Phillips reports that in the wake of glitches and delays, significantly fewer high school grads filled out FAFSA this year compared to last year. Today also marks the beginning of Texas' Tax Free Weekend, when school supplies will be exempt from sales taxes.

Lubbock City Council met yesterday to review a recommended road bond and discuss potential changes to Broadway Street, primarily the use of the road’s historic bricks. Our reporter Samantha Larned has more.

Texas Public Radio’s Paul Flahive reports on Texas lawyers' attempts to convince a U.S. appeals court that the state should not be fined for failures into investigations of abuse and neglect of intellectually disabled children. Lubbock’s Silent Wings Museum will have free admission all day this Saturday for Spirit of '45 Day, honoring those who served on the home front in World War II.

Our reporter Bishop Van Buren heard concerns from one Lubbockite over Lubbock's City Council's vote to pull funding from the popular First Friday Art Trail. And KERA’s Penelope Rivera reports three North Texas pastors have resigned or been removed from their churches in recent weeks amid allegations of sexual abuse amid a string of church leaders leaving because of "moral failings."

Our reporter Samantha Larned reports on the demand for polling staff in Lubbock County ahead of November's general election. And Houston Public Media’s Andrew Schneider reports on the reversal of a decades’ old precedent that allows different racial and ethnic groups to form coalitions to seek legal remedies under the Voting Rights Act.