It’s Tuesday, July 2nd. I'm Kyle Sauerhoefer, and here's your local news from the Austin American-Statesman. Our top story is: A federal appeals court today denied a request made yesterday to postpone next week’s oral arguments in a suit to overturn the Affordable Care Act. Republican attorneys general for Texas and 19 other states said they needed more time to research and respond to questions — recently raised by the 5th U.S.