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The Honor Council recommended a written reprimand for “celebratory” comments. The lawsuit argued that would violate her free speech rights.

The Texas Tech University System announced that it will be closing all academic programs “centered on” Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity. Our reporter Samantha Larned explains the new course content guidance and "phase-out" process for current programs. The Lubbock City Government is looking for the input of citizens on potential renovations to the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center. The presentations will be held at the Civic Center at 1501 Mac Davis Lane tonight at 5:30 p.m. and tomorrow at 9:30 a.m.

The Texas Tech University System announced that it will be closing all academic programs 'centered on' Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity. The process will include a program review, admissions freeze, and closure. Students currently enrolled in these programs will be able to finish their degrees.

Public universities across Texas have instituted sweeping changes to course teachings and offerings in recent months, in a bid to appease concerns from Republican lawmakers that they're indoctrinating students with what they consider to be liberal ideas.

A study is starting soon from Texas Tech University researchers within the Department of Natural Resource Management, utilizing new technology to study rangeland recovery two years after the devastating Smokehouse Creek Fire.

This weekend, Texas Tech University announced the immediate pause of business travel to certain countries in the Middle East. The U.S. Court of International Trade has ordered the Trump administration to repay tariffs imposed by President Trump just over a year ago. Houston Public Media’s Andrew Schneider reports many Texas businesses may wait years for any reimbursement. Former candidate competing to represent the Republican Party for Lubbock County Clerk, Jim Baxa has dropped out of the May runoff race.

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.

Yesterday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced his support and funding for a new Electromagnetic Pulse testing site and cybersecurity enhancement at Texas Tech University. Our reporter Charley Maranville has more on the $149 million grant. Meanwhile, the Trump administration is moving to waive environmental regulations to speed up border wall building in the Big Bend region. Marfa Public Radio’s Travis Bubenik reports U.S. Customs and Border Protection has declined to say where exactly physical walls will be built.

An event organized by a student group intended to discuss abortion was cancelled by the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center late last month, after backlash from conservative activists and Turning Point USA at Texas Tech. Now, another free speech group is calling on the TTUHSC to allow them to reschedule the event.