Political Wire: “A federal judge says Tennessee’s first-in-the-nation law designed to place strict limits on drag shows is unconstitutional,” the AP reports. U.S. District Judge Thomas Parker, who was appointed by President Donald Trump, wrote that the law was both “unconstitutionally vague and substantially overbroad.” He also added that the statute encouraged “discriminatory enforcement.” From the opinion:…

Political Wire: “A Republican state attorney last May declined to prosecute six voter fraud cases that involved circumstances strikingly similar to the cases later brought against 20 ex-felons by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ election police unit and statewide prosecutors,” the Orlando Sentinel reports. “The office of State Attorney Bill Gladson, whose district includes The Villages and five Republican…

PBS News: “A Republican-led investigation on Wednesday accused Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton of committing multiple crimes in office — including felonies — during an extraordinary public airing of scandal and alleged lawbreaking that plunged one of the GOP’s conservative stars into new political and legal risk. For more than three hours, investigators presented findings alleging Paxton…

Black Information Network: “An 11-year-old boy in Mississippi was shot by police after calling 911 for help. The shooting of Aderrien Murry, 11, unfolded on Saturday (May 20) when police responded to a domestic disturbance call at his home. His mother, Nakala Murry, had asked Aderrien to call 911 after the father of one of her children showed up…

NC News Line: “Across much of the country, the jobs market is as strong as it’s ever been, and Black women, young people and people with disabilities are among the workers benefiting, recent U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data show. Twenty states reported an unemployment rate under 3% in April, while 15 states saw record lows,…

AR Times: “Colburn Clark, one of three University of Central Arkansas students arrested at a nonviolent protest during a Conway School Board meeting in November, was sentenced today to three days in jail and fined $650. It’s a notably steep penalty for criminal trespassing and failure to disperse charges, both Class C misdemeanors. The prosecution…

AR Times: “A federal three-judge panel has dismissed one of the lawsuits challenging Arkansas’s newly drawn congressional districts, ruling those bringing the lawsuit failed to show that race was the “predominant factor” in forming the new maps. The federal judges had already dismissed much of the lawsuit brought by six Central Arkansas voters and a…

NY Times: “A push to inject religion into public schools across Texas faltered on Tuesday after the State House failed to pass a contentious bill that would have required the Ten Commandments to be displayed prominently in every classroom. The measure was part of an effort by conservative Republicans in the Legislature to expand the…

Political Wire: “A South Carolina six-week abortion ban that has cleared the Republican-controlled Legislature is now for the second time headed to the governor’s desk, whose expected signature enacting the bill into law is likely to be challenged immediately,” the Columbia State reports. “The present bill includes exceptions for rape and incest no more than 12 weeks,…

MLive: “The NAACP has issued a travel advisory warning Blacks and other minorities from visiting Florida, saying it’s a response to “unrelenting attacks on fundamental freedoms” by Gov. Ron DeSantis and state legislators. “Florida is openly hostile toward African Americans, people of color and LGBTQ+ individuals,” the advisory says. “Before traveling to Florida, please understand that…