Voters in Lubbock-Cooper Independent School District rejected a voter-approval property tax rate increase on November 4, 2026. The district had sought to increase the maintenance and operations portion of its property tax rate beyond state law limits, requiring voter approval.
Supporters said if the proposition did not pass, the district will face staffing reductions, larger class sizes and cuts to student programs and services. [2]
Annual property tax bill increase for average homeabout $65 per year2Who pays or receives it: Lubbock-Cooper ISD homeowners
Funding increase if proposition passed$3.85 million2Who pays or receives it: Lubbock-Cooper ISD
Projected annual shortfall for Lumberton ISD$1.5 million1
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At least four new Democrats won seats on the State Board of Education in the 2026 election. Two races remained undecided as of Wednesday morning, with results still trickling in. Democrats Thomas Ray Garcia, Coretta Mallet-Fontenot, Allison Bush, and Michelle Palmer won, along with incumbent Tiffany Clark. Republicans Kason Huddleston and Mindy Bumgarner won new seats.
Thomas Ray Garcia, Democrat elected to State Board of Education; Coretta Mallet-Fontenot, Democrat elected to State Board of Education; Allison Bush, Democrat elected to State Board of Education and 8 more
Republican Chris Spencer won the Texas House District 1 special election, defeating Democrat Sean Huffman. Spencer, a Linden grocery store owner, will succeed outgoing Rep. Gary Vandeaver.
Chris Spencer, Republican candidate, Texas House District 1-elect; Sean Huffman, Democratic candidate; Gary Vandeaver, outgoing representative
After Election Day, election officials in Bexar County and across Texas process late-arriving mail ballots, provisional ballots, and corrected ballots before formally certifying results through a canvass process.
Juan Sepulveda, former Trinity University political science professor
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission is soliciting applications for membership on the State Preventive Health Advisory Committee, which addresses the state plan for the Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant.
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, agency seeking committee members; Department of State Health Services, agency reviewing applicants
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is requesting input on procedures for the 2028 Integrated Report of Surface Water Quality and potential revisions to its assessment guidance. Comments are due by December 20, 2026, and the draft guidance will be posted in early 2027.
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, requesting input on draft guidance; Andrew Sullivan, SWQM Program Supervisor
A Learjet carrying seven passengers and two crew members from Austin, Texas, to North Eleuthera in the Bahamas crashed in Florida on Sunday, killing all nine people aboard. NTSB investigators found the aircraft's left elevator miles from the impact site, indicating it began breaking apart before impact.
Tom Chapman, National Transportation Safety Board member; Adam Robinson, Passenger, Austin technology entrepreneur; Helen Sharp, Passenger and 2 more
Dallas Fort Worth International Airport successfully lifted all six prefabricated structural modules into place for a new Terminal F Skylink Station. The modules, weighing 210 to 310 tons each, were lifted overnight onto the existing Skylink guideway during controlled operations.
$$4 billion for terminal F expansion program cost
Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, airport managing the Terminal F expansion project; American Airlines, airline to be served by Terminal F
Republican U.S. Rep. Randy Weber won re-election to Texas' 14th Congressional District on November 4, 2026, defeating Democrat Thurman Bill Bartie.
$152,618 for general election votes received
Randy Weber, Republican incumbent U.S. Representative, won re-election; Thurman Bill Bartie, Democrat challenger, former Port Arthur mayor; Jessica Forgy, Republican primary challenger