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Lubbock Data Center Opponents Say Petition Has Reached Signature Goal
LUBBOCK, Texas — A citizens group seeking a temporary halt to new data center projects in Lubbock says it has collected enough petition signatures to advance its proposal, although the signatures must still be verified by city officials. Citizens of Lubbock Against Data Centers announced Monday that more than 2,400 people had signed its petition. Organizers previously identified 2,410 valid…
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Facebook restores The806er two days after removing popular Lubbock page
The suspension prompted an intense local debate over the page’s reporting practices, misinformation, platform moderation and free expression Facebook restored the popular and sometimes controversial Lubbock page The806er on Friday, two days after suspending it and locking its operator out of his personal account. The page, operated by Terence Eteng…
Neugebauer pauses Fermi proxy battle, but Texas Tech-linked Project Matador still faces major decisions
Toby Neugebauer has suspended his campaign to overhaul Fermi Inc.’s board, temporarily ending a public struggle over control of the company developing a massive energy and artificial-intelligence campus on land connected to the Texas Tech University System. The decision stops Neugebauer’s current effort to collect shareholder authorizations for a special…
Fermi power struggle widens as ousted CEO blames Texas Tech regent Cody Campbell
Company filings confirm that the Texas Tech University System demanded Neugebauer’s removal from executive positions, but they do not establish his claim that Campbell personally directed the decision. A fight for control of Fermi America has drawn Texas Tech University System Board of Regents Chairman Cody Campbell into an increasingly…
Texas Tech System paid $3.5 million for historic 19th Street chancellor’s residence
The purchase price, disclosed through an open-records request, was approximately $1.24 million higher than the property’s tax-appraised market value. The Texas Tech University System paid $3.5 million for a historic home across from its Lubbock campus that will serve as Chancellor Brandon Creighton’s official residence and a venue for university…
Federal lien released as Texas Tech completed $3.5 million purchase of Reagor home
Property records show the federal government relinquished its interest in the historic O.W. English Home, but the release did not eliminate Bart Reagor’s restitution obligation or apply to his other assets. The federal government released its judgment lien against Bart Reagor’s historic Lubbock home as the Texas Tech University System…
Judge dismisses former Texas Tech official’s whistleblower retaliation case
The ruling did not determine whether university data were accurate. It found that the former employee’s internal reports did not connect the errors to suspected fraud against the federal government. A federal judge has dismissed the remaining claim in a whistleblower lawsuit filed by a former Texas Tech University data…