Dallas CPAC Highlights + Dems Election Bill + New Video Released

Rise and shine, Dallas! It's Sunday, July 11.

Today's Headlines: It's day 2 of the Dallas CPAC convention, and gubernatorial candidate Don Huffines tried to tear the leather off Greg Abbott. Meanwhile down in Austin, Democrats have their own version of an election reform bill, and now there's video of what happened to Marvin Scott III while in custody.

First, today's weather: Humid and mostly cloudy throughout the day. High: 93 Low: 75.

Among today's top stories today in Dallas:

1. A suspect has been identified in the murder Of 87-year-old Dallasite Anita Thompson. (CBS Dallas / Fort Worth)
2. What do Dallas CPAC attendees think of Texas Governor Greg Abbott? (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
3. It turns out that Blake and Gwen's wedding takes the cake in this week's 5 most-read Dallas stories.(CultureMap Dallas)
4. The 911 Call Center in Dallas? There's still trouble on the line. (Dallas Observer)
5. Rejoice! Dallas' Parade of Playhouses returns to NorthPark. (NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

Today in Dallas

• Mercado369 hosts renowned textile designer in DFW as part of its Art Talk series (12:00 PM)
• Farmer's Market (11:00 AM)
• Matt Banks Trio (5:00 PM)
• The Top Drawer 4 (7:00 PM)

Dallas Patch Notebook

• The Rechordium at EMP: "New acoustic treatment for the A Room has gone up #studiodesign #diyprojects (swipe to see the before )" (Instagram)
• Dallas Mavericks: "Raise your hand if you miss this squad " (Instagram)
• DFW Airport: "Y'know, despite the massive human achievement that is air travel, it has a funny way of making you feel insignificant" (Facebook)
• SPCA of Texas: "Happy #nationalkittenday Life would be pretty boring without all their wonderful shenanigans. Please share photos" (Facebook)
• Texas Trees Foundation: "The Medical District is becoming cleaner, greener, and healthier – and YOU can be part of the team! Sign up" (Facebook)
• Dallas Animal Services and Adoption Center: ""It was like when you're in school and you just keep passing your crush in the hallway." (Facebook)
• Dallas Farmers Market: "Not sure how to handle all that watermelon at one time? Cut watermelon into slices and store" (Instagram)

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— Kevin Phinney

About me: Kevin Phinney has lived and worked as a writer and editor in Austin, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Seattle and New York City. He was born in Brooklyn, New York and was raised in El Paso. Phinney attended college in Austin. He has done television work as a reporter and commentator, and is a former host of a weekday drive-time radio show called "Kevin & Kevin in the Morning" on KGSR-FM (now known as Austin City Limits Radio). He is also the author of "Souled American, " a book tracking race relations in America through music. It was published by BILLBOARD Books, and is often used in college classrooms across the country.

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