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    Nov 13

    1/ We can't teach you how to Dougie, but we can teach you how to Texas! We're launching a new email series aimed at helping Texans learn more about how Texas policy and politics work. Now presenting: Teach Me How to Texas. Sign up here:

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    A proposal for a $569 million bond failed, then passed and could fail again after the discovery of missing ballot box from the November election.

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  3. A lawsuit alleges that Texas health officials violated state law when they said they would award a multibillion dollar series of health insurance contracts to for-profit companies while overlooking nonprofit health plans.

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    . will be in Austin on Saturday for a low-dollar happy-hour fundraiser, per email to supporters. Tickets start at $25.

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    If you like... + Exclusive reporting + Nonpartisan analysis + Inside intelligence ...Subscribe to The Blast, written daily by and I.

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  6. New: Caught off guard by the increase in teen vaping, schools are grasping every tool at hand, including expulsions and suspensions. In some districts, students can face harsh discipline and jail time for having a vape pen in their backpack.

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  7. Due to Texas' lax ethics laws, politicians can omit key information about their finances with little fear of fines or legal repercussions — all they have to do is amend them within two weeks of being alerted that something is amiss.

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    Such ordinances — and Austin's relaxation of them — spurred heated debate about homeless Texans this year. Catch up on what we know about the 25,000 people living without a home in the Lone Star state here:

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  9. 7/7 Staffers began counting up the missing votes after the elections office obtained a court order to open the ballot box Monday morning. The Office of the Secretary of State said it will be advising officials on how to proceed.

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  10. 6/ The inaccurate recount result was made official on Nov. 15., but it isn’t automatically changed by the revelation of the uncounted votes. Special PACs opposing and in favor of the bond proposal have filed with the district clerk to contest the results.

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  11. 5/ Deborah Land, elections administrator for the Midland County Elections Office, said she's not positive if she moved the box. She said the office will learn from the blunder and do things differently during the next election.

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  12. 4/ Those 836 votes threaten to again reverse the results and void an election that would generate hundreds of millions of dollars for school construction in Midland County.

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  13. 3/ However, last week, an employee found a box containing 836 ballots that weren't tallied in the recount.

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  14. 2/ Unofficial election results showed that a bond proposal to build two new schools in Midland ISD originally failed by 25 votes. It passed by 11 votes after the recount last month. (Corrected tweet)

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  15. Hurricane Harvey caused $125 billion in damages. Applications for two assistance programs are due this month. Advocates say hundreds of eligible applicants have been turned away for largely bureaucratic reasons — like a state agency losing documents.

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  16. County officials in Texas just found a missing ballot box. It could change an election. New .

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  17. A month ago, Sid Miller faced online backlash after tweeting the phrase “get a rope” — a statement critics said harkens back to lynching African Americans in the South in the 19th and early 20th century. This weekend, Gov. Abbott said it on Twitter.

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    Recovery workers in Galveston say the Texas General Land Office owes hurricane victims more time to apply for assistance after losing their paperwork, but the agency says the claims are baseless. From The :

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    Today we celebrated the amazing student fellows and their mentors.

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  20. .: Some elections are local; some are about state issues. The 2020 election in Texas is probably not going to be either of those things — national issues and personalities are leading the parade.

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  21. 1/ These county officials in Texas just found a missing ballot box. There are 836 ballots inside. That’s enough to change the result of a $569 million bond election.

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