Sarah Self-Walbrick | Texas Tech Public Media

School vouchers aren’t a new idea. But over the past couple decades, voucher programs have expanded from small experiments to statewide policies.

About 3 million people live in rural parts of the state, and this year they’ve gotten more visits from Democratic candidates.

The positivity rate for COVID-19 in Texas has dropped below 30%. Although that’s a good sign, officials urge residents not to become complacent.

Two of the most-attended churches in Lubbock were advocates for the ordinance.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is lifting all COVID-19 restrictions in his state. That's leading to worries about the virus spreading before most Texas can be vaccinated.

Almost a year in, some new mothers have experienced pregnancy, labor and delivering a newborn all under the unusual circumstances of the COVID age. But, of course, life goes on.

After a brief hospitalization, 29-year-old Smith died from complications of COVID-19 on Nov.18, just a week before Thanksgiving. Five days earlier, she was supposed to marry the love of her life. She would have turned 30 at the end of December.

Steven Macias said when he first tested positive for the novel coronavirus in August, he felt like he had a bad, but manageable, case of the flu. “The...