Politics

Two Texas Tech alumni and major donors, Cody Campbell and Dustin Womble, were elected chairman and vice chairman of the university's board of regents. Our reporter Bishop Van Buren has more on the appointments. The United States Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins, was in Lubbock yesterday. After the recent tariffs from the White House, she acknowledge the uncertainty farmers are facing. Tomorrow, Lubbock’s city offices will be closed in observance of Good Friday. Libraries and city museums will also be closed on Easter Sunday.

Some Texas legislators may be done questioning the merits of education savings accounts as it moves to a vote in the State House, but voters aren’t. Model programs in other states are showing rural voters could stand to lose the most, and they’re preparing to do the math on election day.

The Texas House of Representatives was offered a resolution to have house speaker Dustin Burrows vacated from his position. The resolution was swiftly tabled by an overwhelming Meanwhile, our Bishop Van Buren reports the leading scorer with Texas Tech University men’s basketball team J.T. Toppin will return next season, bypassing the NBA Draft process and squashing rumors about possibly entering the transfer portal.

Since the 89th Legislature kicked off in January, the Texas Senate has passed nearly 200 bills. But as of Wednesday morning, their counterparts in the House have only passed 8. Why is that?

This legislative session, creating Education Savings Accounts — which would let parents use public funds towards private education costs — is a top priority for many Texas Republicans. But the voucher plan has also caused contentious clashes between some rural voters and the lawmakers who represent them.

Maria Margarita Rojas, known as “Dr. Maria,” faces hundreds of thousands in fines if she is convicted.

Texans are lining up to try and be the state’s next comptroller. This comes after Texas A&M University’s Board of Regents announced Friday that Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar would be the university system's next chancellor.

According to Turner’s family, he was taken to the hospital after President Donald Trump’s speech to a joint session of Congress and was later released. He died at approximately 5:45 on Wednesday morning from “enduring health complications.”

The confirmation of Turner’s death came just months after he won Texas’ 18th Congressional District race.

The Odessa City Council approved a controversial policy in November that barred transgender people from using restrooms that align with their gender identity. But after a new city council took office, the policy was effectively abandoned and never went into effect.