“What was Ken Paxton smoking when he filed this lawsuit?”

Austin Police Department officers will no longer issue citations or make arrests in most low-level Possession of Marijuana cases, according to a memo from Police Chief Brian Manley.

Citing racial disparities and wasted resources, Council Member Greg Casar is aiming to shift police protocol on pot with a resolution – to be considered by the City Council at its Jan. 23 meeting – effectively decriminalizing personal stashes of marijuana in Austin.

UPDATED: Travis County prosecutors will now reject Possession of Marijuana cases filed from June 10 forward, unless they’re accompanied by a lab report. This comes as an unintended consequence of House Bill 1325, legalizing hemp cultivation, which was signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott last month.

Here's the latest of our Q&A Hole series, wherein your reporter asks questions of various interesting people around Austin and beyond.

A motion to suppress evidence was filed in early July, but it appears Jacob Lavoro will have to wait a few more months for adjudication. In a Williamson County court Thursday, Judge Stacey Mathews set the next hearing for the 19-year-old made famous for baking pot brownies to mid-November.

Jacob Lavoro’s attorney is confident his client can avoid spending the rest of his life in prison for the crime of baking pot brownies, if the presiding judge will properly apply the law in his case. Problem is, Lavoro resides in Round Rock – Williamson County – a jurisdiction not known for attaining that standard.

Some know it as the Global Marijuana March. Others call it the Million Marijuana March. Still others prefer Cannabis Liberation Day. Regardless which you prefer, the 15th Annual March to Free the Weed happens this weekend, Saturday, May 3.