Lubbock Times

Harmony Public Schools receives $27.8 million federal education grant

By Andy Nghiem | Oct 10, 2020

The U.S. Department of Education has awarded a $27.8 million Teacher and School Leader Incentive grant to Harmony Public Schools to be used to train, equip, and retain effective school leaders statewide.

City of Lubbock proposes budget with slight downtick in property tax rate

By Andy Nghiem | Sep 24, 2020

The City of Lubbock has proposed a budget with a property tax rate that is 1.645 cents per $100 valuation lower than last year’s budget.

U.S. Commerce Department awards nearly $400,000 grant to Southern Plains Region's response to COVID-19

By Andy Nghiem | Jul 18, 2020

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration has awarded a $397,671 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Southern Plains Economic Development District.