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Libertarian Party plans to file a writ of mandamus seeking a court order to force election officials to properly perform their government duties or correct an abuse of discretion.

Party Chair Sean Sparkman told the Fort Worth Report.

Under the election code, each political party with candidates on the midterm ballot, in this case, Democrats, Libertarians, and Republicans, must have the same number of members appointed to the county's early voting ballot board.

Such a board is created before each election to objectively process mail-in ballots and determine whether provisional ballots should be counted.

Not a single person fought against this up there on this council.

Another missed opportunity.

Well, when you got Elizabeth Beck going to the Fort Worth report summit to talk about data centers with Matt Krause, And she's over here saying, I like how the same people who complain about ChatGPT use ChatGPT for their talking points.

Who does? She talks about how it's inevitable, and we've always had

And now the Star-Telegram isn't going to do endorsements.

And don't get me started with the Fort Worth Report article where they're talking about Tim O'Hare and Elisa Simmons.

And they picked a bunch of Glenn Whitleys and TCU professors who are just still saying that there's great Republicans.

And, you know, it's just Judge Tim O'Hare.

And when I spoke with David Moreno, he says he wants this to be part of a series of stories.

He took months putting this together because it is really hard getting apples to apples comparisons for how different cities operate with Office of Arts and Culture because they're just handled so weird.

And there'll probably be a lot more articles coming from the Fort Worth report on this because they just held a conversation this morning and one of the panels was on this very topic.

And so while those articles haven't come out in time for us to discuss them today, there's definitely going to be some more conversation around that.

But the future of Arts Goggle is uncertain.

Our partners at the Fort Worth Report broke the news that Arts Goggle is going on pause starting next year due to some major construction on Magnolia.

Organizer Megan Henderson with Near South Side Inc. talked about what comes next for the festival.

Megan, thanks for chatting with me today.

Now, Ramet is facing off against the same Republican opponent again, Lee Wamsgans.

The Fort Worth Report's Tarrant County reporter Cecil Lenzen is following this race and joined us with an update.

Cecil, thanks for joining us.

Thank you for having me.

But Senator Romet has outpaced Ms. Wamsgans by at least, I want to say, $100,000 in the fundraising sphere.

And we're seeing much less financial activity on Ms. Wamsgans' side this time.

Cecil Lenzen with the Fort Worth Report.

Thank you so much.

All of this has led colleges from out of state to increase recruiting from Texas.

Dang Lee is the higher education reporter for the Fort Worth Report.

Dang, welcome to The Texas Standard.

Thank you for having me.

Like, these are the seniors who may wanna take a gap year or who may not think about going to college at all.

And so creating this pipeline with the school districts to eliminate all of these granular detail is a way to attract those groups.

Dang Lee is the higher education reporter for the Fort Worth Report.

Dang, thank you so much for joining us on The Texas Standard.

It's, it's a safe thing, and it's a convenient thing, but it's also a comfort thing for them, and that is why she kind of felt upset now that there's not a voting location on campus.

Dang Li and Chris Moss from the Fort Worth Report reporting on this UTA polling site and its absence for this election cycle.

Thank you both.

We appreciate it.

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So speaking of coverage of elections, we did have a little bit of candidate forum going on here in Tarrant County with the Fort Worth Report doing candidate forums.

And they had those broken up into three nights with various seats on those different nights.

The only one I watched completely in-depth was the Tarrant County Commissioner's, um, race, and it was very disappointing to see that none of the Republicans bothered to show up.

And so this forum, like, part of why we're doing this as a short story is because this is kind of it.

Like, this is, this is the best place to hear from the candidates.

I will say, g- good job, Fort Worth Report.

You finally got the audio correct.

It is once again facing the threat of a utility shutoff as the residents who live there continue to deal with filthy and unsafe conditions.

McKinnon Rice of the Fort Worth Report has been following this story and joined us for an update.

McKinnon, thanks so much for being here.

Thank you for having me.

That hearing for the injunction is at the end of the month.

And if the city pursues receivership after that, I imagine that that could be a process that also takes several weeks.

McKinnon Rice joining us from the Fort Worth Report.

McKinnon, thank you.

And this one I was excited to see.

So every week, Fort Worth Report puts together the Weekend Worthy, which I recommend everyone subscribe to, and this one, I was kinda surprised to see just how many theaters in Fort Worth are having new shows open this weekend.

Um, so I think definitely check that out.

Uh, Circle Theater has Ain't Misbehavin', which is a, um, a Fitzwalter musical.

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Do it immediately [laughs] if you haven't already.

So then October 5th, 7th, and 8th, the Fort Worth Report candidate forums are being held with a variety of candidates on those three nights.

Mm-hmm.