Aly Heimer News Today

A state judge has dismissed mayoral challenger Shafiq Abdussabur’s lawsuit trying to press his way onto the Sept. 12 Democratic primary ballot — on the grounds that the first absentee ballots have already been cast, the election is therefore underway, and changing which candidates are participating now would run ​“the risk of voter confusion.”

Three members of the city's struggling police-accountability board joined the effort's founding force to call for help investigating civilian complaints,…