CBS News: “Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed suit against the City of Dallas, the city manager and the State Fair of Texas over the fair’s new gun policy. The policy “prohibits fairgoers from carrying all firearms, knives with blades over 5.5 inches long, clubs, explosive devices, ammunition, chemical dispensing devices, replicas or hoaxes, or…
“Winsome Earle-Sears to Run for Virginia Governor”
Political Wire: “Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears (R) has filed paperwork to run for Virginia governor in 2025, WRIC reports.”
“New Paxton lawsuit targets mail-in voter registrations in Texas’s Bexar County”
WaPo: “Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit Wednesday against one of the state’s largest urban counties to stop lawmakers there from using taxpayer dollars to mail thousands of voter registration applications to its unregistered residents. Despite a warning from the attorney general, commissioners from Bexar County — home to San Antonio — approved a plan…
“Tennessee Police Department Raided by State Agents”
Political Wire: “Tennessee Bureau of Investigation agents raided the Millersville Police Department on Wednesday, executing a search warrant as the criminal investigation into the troubled agency enters a dramatic new phase,” WTVF reports. The raid is likely part of a probe into “the possible use of sensitive law enforcement data to dig up dirt on potential political…
TN Company Used to Publish Russian Propaganda, Justice Dept. Issues Indictments
WaPo: “The Justice Department on Wednesday charged two Russian media executives in an alleged scheme that authorities say illegally funneled millions of dollars to a Tennessee-based company to create and publish propaganda videos that racked up millions of views on U.S. social media. The 32-page federal indictment accuses Kostiantyn Kalashnikov and Elena Afanasyeva, employees of…
“Two Florida Moms, One Congressional Seat and the Future of MAGA”
NY Times: “On a steamy weekend in June, I went to St. Petersburg to report on the race for Congress in Florida’s 13th Congressional District. In a heavily gerrymandered and polarized country, it’s one of the few congressional races that the nonpartisan Cook Political Report highlighted as even vaguely competitive. They described the race as “likely…
“Clean energy is powering a stronger future for Alabama”
AL Political Reporter: “Clean energy is a critical and growing part of Alabama’s energy and economic future. Governor Kay Ivey’s recent proclamation designating September 23–27 as National Clean Energy Week recognizes the immense potential clean energy has to not only power Alabama homes and businesses more sustainably, but also to create jobs, spur economic growth, and improve…
“A louder voice in fighting abortion bans: Men in red states”
WaPo: “Thomas Stovall grew up in a strict Baptist family in Mississippi and always believed that anyone involved with abortion was destined for hell. But his lifelong conviction crumbled when his wife, Chelsea, was 20 weeks pregnant with their third child. Tests showed a severely malformed and underdeveloped fetus, one that was sure to be stillborn if…
“Paxton’s election fraud charges upend lives but result in few convictions”
WaPo: “The church leader’s case fits a pattern that has emerged in Texas under Paxton: Aggressive prosecutions for alleged election fraud crimes that upend lives but result in few cases that go to trial and end in a conviction. The Republican attorney general and his supporters believe election fraud is rampant, and point to the…
“UT-Austin student sues over arrest during pro-Palestinian demonstrations”
TX Tribune: “A University of Texas at Austin student has sued the university, President Jay Hartzell and Vice President and Provost Sharon Wood, claiming that the university violated his First Amendment rights when he was arrested during a pro-Palestinian demonstration on campus this spring. Ammer Qaddumi filed the lawsuit in U.S. federal court Tuesday, which…