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  • 2 weeks ago | lubbocklights.com | James Clark

    Thomas Payne (upper left) and Jordan Wheatley (lower right). Graphic by LubbockLights.com The controversial issue of impact fees to help pay for new developments comes back to the Lubbock City Council in June with a committee recommendation to keep them at 25 percent as they’ve been for the past five years. But the issue is much more complex say the people who build new residential and commercial buildings accompanying Lubbock’s growth.

  • 2 weeks ago | lubbocklights.com | James Clark

    Foreground of Bankruptcy Court from Shutterstock, background from court recordsA dozen people want a bankruptcy judge to hold Lubbock businessman Mike Cox accountable for millions of dollars lost in Ferrum Capital. They want the same thing 66 people (or couples) got in late April when judge Mark X. Mullin ruled Cox cannot “discharge” or get rid of $21.7 million of debt. It stays with him even after his bankruptcy case is over. Mullin also ruled Cox violated securities laws.

  • 2 weeks ago | lubbocklights.com | James Clark

    First Texas Tech home game with South End Zone finished last August 31. Photo by Terry Greenberg. When Texas Tech joined the Southwest Conference for college sports in the 1950s, the longest conference road trip was 580 miles to the University of Arkansas. Players were not paid – except if someone cheated and violated the rules. The most egregious example was a slush fund to pay SMU football players leading to multiple probations before getting the NCAA’s “death penalty” in the 1980s.

  • 4 weeks ago | lubbocklights.com | James Clark

    One Guy 50th Street location as seen in late 2023. Staff photo. Papa V restaurant won an almost two-year legal food fight with the owner of the 50th Street One Guy From Italy after a summary judgment. Judge Les Hatch of the 237th District Court ruled this week the former owner of iconic Lubbock restaurant One Guy did not violate a non-compete agreement with the new owner.

  • 1 month ago | lubbocklights.com | James Clark

    Image contains AI-generated elements created in Adobe Firefly. Lubbock County approved an outside law firm, Hacker Stephens LLP, last week to defend against an abortion rights lawsuit filed in federal court in Austin. Public records indicated the cost is $350 per hour. “Honored to do this,” County Judge Curtis Parrish said immediately after the commissioners voted yes.

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