Are you a fan of South Plains politics? Here are your Talking Points for this week.

How would you spend $740 million? Believe it or not, that’s not a lot of money for a city like Lubbock. As city leaders start working on a budget, we’ll look at some of the early priorities and what issues might get kicked to the curb.

Senator Ted Cruz had nothing to say to farmers about helping with the 2014 Farm Bill. He and others on the presidential campaign trail had nothing to say. That’s about to change and it’s about to change in Lubbock.

Also the last two week shave shown just how divided politics have become in this country. It’s not just policy, it’s also personal. A survey from the Pew Research Center found nearly half of all Democrats say the Republicans make them physically afraid. Nearly half of the Republicans say the Democrats make them angry.

Talking Points with Bryan Mudd airs each Sunday morning at 11:30 a.m. and Sunday evenings at 11:05 p.m.