TX Public Radio: “Starr County District Attorney Gocha Allen Ramirez said Sunday he has filed a motion to dismiss a murder charge against a woman for performing a “self-induced abortion.” Ramirez said the case stemmed from a report made to police by a local hospital in January. The Starr County Sheriff’s Office arrested 26-year-old Lizelle…

TX Observer: “In addition to the upcoming federal funding, Texas has its own Clean School Bus Program, run by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). The program is currently open to all of the state’s school districts on a first-come, first-served basis, and has an estimated $13 million available this year to reimburse districts for…

AL Political Reporter: “Civil and LGBTQ legal rights advocates announced they have filed a legal challenge in federal district court against Alabama SB184, which criminalizes the medical treatment of minors experiencing gender dysphoria. The doctors challenging SB184 in Ladinsky v. Ivey are Dr. Morissa J. Ladinsky and Dr. Hussein D. Abdul-Latif, both providers at the…

WUNC: “When Ted Budd won a surprise endorsement from former President Donald Trump last year, he was a little-known congressman running for a Senate seat in North Carolina against some of the state’s most recognizable Republicans, including a former governor. As he enters the final stretch before the state’s May 17 primary, Budd is again…

Political Wire: “The District Attorney who charged a Texas woman with murder for a “self-induced abortion” is dropping the charges. From the statement: “The issues surrounding this matter are clearly contentious, however based on Texas law and the facts presented, it is not a criminal matter.”

CNN: “A federal judge signaled Friday that she’ll likely allow a group of Georgia voters to move forward with their constitutional challenge against GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, which claims she can’t run for reelection because she aided the January 6 insurrectionists. Federal Judge Amy Totenberg of the Northern District of Georgia said during a lengthy hearing that…

AL Political Reporter: “The Alabama Senate and House on Thursday passed legislation to end the practice of shackling pregnant women.  The bill, sponsored by Rep. Rolanda Hollis, D-Birmingham, would ban the use of waist and leg restraints on any incarcerated individual during pregnancy, labor and delivery or the immediate postpartum period, and would only allow…

TX Tribune: “The race for Texas Democratic Party chair is being roiled by allegations that a challenger, Kim Olson, shoved the party’s top staffer during a bus tour in 2018. Olson denies the allegations, which her opponent, incumbent Gilberto Hinojosa, has publicly amplified and used to argue she is unfit to lead the party. Thousands…

LA Voice: “When State Sen. Karen Carter Peterson (D-New Orleans) announced her immediate resignation from the legislature last week, she attributed her decision to depression and a chronic gambling addiction. While the reasons for her decision were rooted in facts, the truth may be a bit more complicated, it now seems. Political writers Gordon Russell…

CNBC: “Matthew Rice doesn’t have to look hard for signs of inflation in Savannah, Georgia. A gallon of gas cost $2.79 a few months ago, he said. Now it runs him more than $4. “And, of course, when the price of gas goes up, the price of products goes up,” the 45-year-old added. “So yeah….