ABC 11: “Several arrests were made early Thursday morning after protesters attempted to shut down a road leading to Hudson Technologies in Smyrna. According to the Cobb County Police Department (CCPD), at 4:20 a.m., Olympic Industrial Drive was temporarily blocked by Pro-Palestine protestors. Police say they found a vehicle obstructing the roadway, and one individual,…

the 19th: “The Supreme Court agreed to review a case arguing that Texas’s age verification “porn ID” law infringes on constitutionally-protected free speech for adults. The law requires web-based age verification on sites with at least one-third of their content devoted to adult sexual material. Now the Supreme Court will solicit arguments and briefs about…

El Paso Matters: “An El Paso district court judge has denied Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s efforts to shut down the Annunciation House network of migrant shelters in El Paso, saying the state was harassing its employees and guests. In a pair of rulings issued Tuesday morning, 205th District Judge Francisco Dominguez said the AG’s…

North State Journal: “North Carolina trial judges have dismissed a lawsuit challenging redrawn legislative and congressional district lines on the argument that they run afoul of an indirect constitutional right to “fair elections.” The judges said a recent affirmation still applies — that redistricting policy decisions are left to the General Assembly, not the courts….

WaPo: “Kinky Friedman, who became a Texas folk hero as a flamboyant singer-songwriter, satirist, raconteur and would-be politician, running for governor in 2006 while jokingly declaring that he was neither pro-life nor pro-choice, but instead “pro-football,” died June 26 at Echo Hill, his ranch outside Medina, Tex. He was 79….  He toured with Bob Dylan,…

WaPo: “In South Carolina, what Republican men want, Republican men get. This month, primary voters ousted the only three GOP women in the state senate for bucking the party line and defeating a near-total ban on abortion….. For their considerable troubles, the five women were honored with a JFK Profile in Courage award last year in Boston. But you…

WaPo: “That side hustle formed with family and friends — Smoke’s Grill — has provided a financial safety net for the two commercial truck drivers in an economy that has felt unrelenting. Both men cast ballots for Joe Biden in 2020, hoping he could usher in more opportunity, higher-paying jobs and less expensive health care…

The Daily Texan: “The Travis County Attorney dropped 79 trespassing charges for those arrested at the April 29th pro-Palestine protest on Wednesday.  At a press conference, Travis County Attorney Delia Garza announced the move only involved individuals charged with criminal trespass on April 29 on the South Mall. She said the charges are being dropped because they cannot…

WaPo: “The former police chief of the school police force in Uvalde, Tex., has been indicted in connection with the botched response to the 2022 shooting that left 19 students and two teachers dead at Robb Elementary. Uvalde County jail officials confirmed that Pedro “Pete” Arredondo was booked at the facility on 10 felony counts…

WaPo: “The number of migrants crossing the U.S. southern border illegally has dropped more than 40 percent in the three weeks since President Biden announced broad restrictions on asylum claims, administration officials said Wednesday. U.S. agents have taken fewer than 2,400 migrants into custody per day over the past week, down from more than 3,800 at the…