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State Rep. Springer reflects upon recent session

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By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
District 68 State House Representative Drew Springer gave his Montague County constituents an update on the recent legislative session during a pair of town hall meetings Thursday.
In Bowie about 18 citizens attended. Springer called it a “good session,” where they were able to prepare a conservative budget that covered a lot of areas.
Some of the supplemental areas the budget addressed included Hurricane Harvey relief, retired teachers will receive a 13th month check at $2,000 and money also was put into the retirement fund to make it actuarial sound. Springer said $250 million was put into a fund for county roads to help repair damage from energy production. He anticipates the majority of that will go into West Texas where drilling remains very active, but all counties should receive some funds.
The legislature funded $17 million to create a veterinary school at Texas Tech University and expanded Medicaid rural hospital reimbursement. Springer said rural hospitals continue to struggle and pointed to Chillicothe hospital which closed recently.

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Bowie ISD Trustees meet on Feb. 17

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Trustees of the Bowie Independent School District will meet in regular session at 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 17 in the board room.
The agenda is as follows:
Recognition – Emma Halfmann, career technology update
A. Information and discussion, Superintendent Blake Enlow

  1. Tarleton State University and Bowie ISD MOU regarding Distinguished High School Partnership
  2. Attendance update (illness)
  3. USAD rural development grant, Lee Robertson
  4. March board meeting date
    B. Assistant Superintendent Lee Ann Farris
  5. Bowie ISD instructional calendar discussion for 2025-26.
    C. Campus administration reports from principals and athletic director
    Consent agenda – reports, budget amendments, tax levy adjustment and donations, plus minutes.
    Action items
    A. Consideration and possible action on 2025-26 calendar.
    B. Consider audit engagement letter with Edgin, Parkman, Fleming and Fleming for year ending Aug. 31, 2025.
    C. Consider action on Texas Association of School Board Police Update 124 that encompasses fiscal management, investment, intellectual property, employee standards of conduct, curriculum design, gifted and talented and student welfare.
    Closed session
    Bowie ISD administrator contract
    Superintendent formative evaluation
    Open Session
    Consideration and action on administrator contracts.
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Crack in line halts water

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City of Bowie crews braved the cold to repair a broken eight-inch water line at Riley and Strong Friday morning. A message went out from the city that water service in the area of Strong, Riley and Hutchinson will be impacted for two to four hours as crews repaired a line. (News photo by Barbara Green)

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Election poll books decertified

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Montague County is one of more than 60 Texas counties that find themselves waiting to see if issues with electronic software can be repaired and certified by the Texas Secretary of State in time for the May elections.
Back in mid-December the Secretary of State decertified the poll books from Elections Systems and Software after problems arose during the November general election in Dallas County.
Ginger Wall, Montague County elections administrator, said she received a letter from the secretary of state on Dec. 23, 2024 explaining the decertification of the ES&S pollbooks.
Wall said she then was contacted by the vendor that indicated they would be submitting a new version for certification testing in March.

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