State officials vs local pols on bail and policing, reinvigorating community service, why that weird brass-knuckles bill was really a thing, and other stories

Let’s clear a few browser tabs with a roundup of stories that merit Grits readers’ attention: Texas AG insults federal judge’s intelligence Somewhat predictably, I suppose, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton weighed in against Harris County’s proposed bail settlement, siding against the commissioners court and local judges who agreed to the compromise. Paxton’s brief rehashes…

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BASS : Planned Community Not Well Designed For Transit

Hold Transit Study judgments until we get recommendations I recently received a letter from a Woodlands Resident complimenting Director McMullan on his recent guest column in The Villager in which he opposed any investment in public transit within The Woodlands. I have refrained from taking hard, publicly intractable positions before the Transit Study recommendations and…

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