All the charges have already been dropped. I guess UT Austin wants to give police unilateral ability to exile students from campus with no due process.

They still 'belong in jail,' though? Greg Abbott statesman.com/story/news/loc…

Lise Olsen Guadalupe Correa 4. Political cartooning is going strong at the Observer but fading in many places, by Gayle Reaves: texasobserver.org/70-years-of-sk…

Surely, governor, you have some comment on these charges being thrown out for lack of probable cause. I can't imagine that you would just pivot from this to spamming tweets about the border

They still 'belong in jail,' though? Greg Abbott statesman.com/story/news/loc…

A random thread of the stories we published this week, just because it's nothing to sniff at.

1. New plaintiffs have expanded a 2023 lawsuit against TDCJ, accusing the agency of “cooking [prisoners] to death,' by Michelle Pitcher: texasobserver.org/prison-heat-la…

As of this morning, 11 protesters have charges pending against them. All for criminal trespass — the same charges that judges rejected in 46 other arrests.

The County Attorney's office tells me they're looking into the 11 remaining cases to determine if they should be dismissed.