THE 75¢ BROWNFIELD NEWS (USPS 067-880) 067--8 88 www.brownfieldonline.com 10 PAGES - PLUS SUPPLEMENT VOLUME 110, NO 36 WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 2017 Early COMING DOWN Cotton voting suffers closes Early voting closed on Tuesday for the Saturday, May 6 election. The...
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THE 75¢ BROWNFIELD NEWS (USPS 067-880) 067--8 88 www.brownfieldonline.com 10 PAGES - PLUS SUPPLEMENT VOLUME 110, NO 36 WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 2017 Early COMING DOWN Cotton voting suffers closes Early voting closed on Tuesday for the Saturday, May 6 election. The only contested races were three BISD Board of Trustee seats and two Director at Large seats on the BRMC Board. again BISD District 4 has drawn two can- A congressional agreement to fund the government for didates. The District 5 race has three the rest of fiscal 2017 largely rejects President Trump’s candidates. The At-Large race has two proposed cuts in food aid, research and other agricultural candidates for the one position. programs but also fails to provide new farm bill assistance The BRMC race has three candi- sought by cotton and dairy producers. dates for two positions. Negotiations over the cotton and dairy provisions ap- As of 5 PM, Tuesday, May 2, 412 peared to have foundered in the final days and hours amid votes had bee
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