“Texas judge hears legal challenges to restrictive abortion law on Wednesday”: Madlin Mekelburg of The Austin American-Statesman has this report.

Allie Morris of The Dallas Morning News has an article headlined “‘Anybody can just file a lawsuit’: Abortion rights groups challenge new Texas restrictions; The groups want the state court to prevent Texas Right to Life from suing them under the restrictive abortion law.”

Jeremy Blackman of The Houston Chronicle reports that “Advocates for Texas abortion ban defend it in state court.”

And Kirk McDaniel of Courthouse News Service reports that “Texas judge hears arguments in cases challenging the state’s abortion ban; Over a dozen cases were argued before a district court judge in Texas, all of them seeking injunctive relief against the nation’s strictest ban on abortion.”

“Supreme Court wrestles with limits on digital billboard ads, free speech”: John Kruzel of The Hill has this report.

And Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service reports that “Texas billboard law centers on location, but advertiser say that’s also content; The Supreme Court juggled references to burger joints and fried kale as the justices squinted at roadway signs through a First Amendment lens.”

The U.S. Supreme Court has posted online the transcript and audio of today’s oral argument in Austin v. Reagan National Advertising, No. 20-1029.

Update: In other coverage, Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Wades Into Battle Between Billboard Advertisers and City Officials; Industry seeks to lift limits on ‘off-premises’ signs.”