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A grand jury decided to not indict two cases but, in one of the cases, the DA just planned to wait for a new grand jury and try again.
- After impassioned pleas from the public as well as pointed questions to the Chief of Police by at least two city councilpersons who had actually read the egregiously one-sided proposed agreement with ICE, the Decatur City Council tabled any action on allowing designated Decatur police officers to become "limited" ICE agents. It took over an hour in executive session to get there, but local democracy actually still lives.
- Shout out to these four brave women of Decatur who came forward to speak against the ICE agreement. With very short notice, they came prepared with polished presentations.
- You can watch last night's city council meeting here. You can jump to the public speakers in Open Forum and/or the discussion of agenda item #5.
- In a much more low-key affair, the Wise County Commissioners Court has begun broadcasting its meetings online for the first time. The new video page is located here where yesterday's meeting is already posted.
- The jury begins deliberations today. I'd be stunned if there is anything other than a guilty verdict. If that happens, the case will move to the punishment phase where probation will not be a legally available option for the jury.
- We better keep an eye on this. Side note: The Texas count is officially at four - three cows and a goat. One of the three new cases reported yesterday included a dog which tested positive at a vet's office in Andrew County but "is from a household in Lea County, New Mexico", so that state gets the "credit" for him.
- The town of Trinidad remains in chaos.
- DPS wants money or they won't continue.
- New this morning: Apache Down.
- A district judge granted a temporary injunction in Lubbock yesterday which will allow a transfer quarterback, who has admitted to gambling on games involving his own team, to play for the Red Raiders this season.
- The blowback was unlike anything I have ever seen.
- The NCAA immediately appealed the case but it will go to the Amarillo Court of Appeals which has four judges -- all of whom graduated from Texas Tech Law School.
- It became official yesterday. Trump wants his own personal defense lawyer to run the Justice Department as his own personal law firm.
- They're planning on not letting any members of the House who win in California this fall (and there will be a bunch of them, as always) officially take their seat in Congress, right?
- The Business Second™. How much more land is down there to develop? We'll never be able to get into Fort Worth again on 287.
- The Second Business Second™. The company behind ChatGPT is going public.
- Cities and towns can "ban" data centers, but counties cannot.
- There appears to be actual boxes and files finally being moved into the Wise County Courthouse.
