Protests

As the Texas Tech University System Board of Regents met in Dallas, students and faculty gathered at Memorial Circle to protest policies from System Chancellor Brandon Creighton. Our Michelle Waida spoke with a Tech professor who was out advocating for her students. In a Lubbock ISD Board of Trustees meeting last week, Superintendent Kathy Rollo addressed the response to a bomb threat that prompted the evacuation of Lubbock High School on Feb. 20.

Texas Tech students and faculty gathered at Memorial Circle Thursday afternoon to protest against new restrictions on course materials.

As students across the nation are participating in walkouts over the actions of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Texas Public Radio's Marian Navarro reports Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced that three school districts are under investigation for allegedly facilitating protests. Local and state law enforcement met in Lubbock yesterday to cut the ribbon on the new anti-gang center in North Lubbock.

Yesterday afternoon, students from Lubbock’s Estacado High School and the Margaret Talkington School for Young Women Leaders walked out of their schools and down Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd to protest actions of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Our Brad Burt reports this comes after guidance from the Texas Education Agency outlined the consequences for students and teachers who participate in demonstrations during the school day.

Young Texans, including students in Lubbock, continued protests and walkouts over the actions of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, despite threats from the governor and state education leadership.

The move comes as the state's education agency unveils a new enforcement role to oversee investigations into alleged misconduct by Texas teachers.

Lubbock community members and Texas Tech students rallied last Saturday to protest ICE as part of a national movement following fatal shootings by federal agents in Minneapolis, calling for solidarity, accountability, and limits on immigration enforcement in the region.

Hours after Midland High School students participated in a national anti-ICE protest movement last week, Midland ISD's police department shared a social media post asking for tips on who shared fliers advertising the event.

As “No Kings” demonstrations unfolded across the country, Lubbock residents gathered outside Citizens Tower to call for greater transparency and accountability in government. While turnout was smaller than a similar event in June, counter-protesters showed up in greater numbers — some sharing concerns about government transparency despite political differences.

The new law, called the "Campus Protection Act," requires student groups to get the university's permission before inviting guest speakers to campus, among other restrictions. Students have raised concerns that these changes limit their free speech.