Local election results, Pence to visit Sutherland Springs, future of sanctuary cities ban: Your Wednesday morning news roundup

November 08,  2017 By Tara Bryant Good morning! Here is a look at the top headlines as we start the day. 🌧️ Weather: Cloudy and chilly with a [near 100 percent chance for rain](. High: 46 degrees. 🔎 Prefer the online view? [It's here.]( The Dallas County Schools board of trustees voted for an election for the public to determine whether the countywide agency, which provides busing, technology and other service to schools, remains in use or give district a year to transition to other providers. Early results Tuesday night did not look good for the continuation of the agency. (Andy Jacobsohn/Staff Photographer) elections Voters on track to axe embattled Dallas County Schools bus provider Voters appeared to give the embattled Dallas County Schools bus agency the boot on Tuesday, which would [disband the transportation provider]( that's been mired in controversy over driver safety, financial mismanagement and a questionable business deal involving stop-arm cameras. Returns into late Tuesday night steadily showed voters rejecting the ballot measure that would have saved the agency, according to unofficial results from the county. School bus service in the eight area districts that rely on DCS will continue for the academic year, but the agency will now wind down operations. Dallas City Hall: Dallas voters, as of late Tuesday, [overwhelmingly supported a $1.05 billion bond package]( aimed at repairing crumbling city buildings and streets and adding parks and recreational amenities. Cedar Hill: The city’s three bond proposals, as well as a crime proposition, [appear headed for approval](. Statewide: Texans [approved seven constitutional amendments]( on Election Day. The numbers: Get [results by county]( for constitutional amendments and municipal and school board elections. SPECIAL OFFER [special offer unlimited digital access]( Sutherland Springs Cemetery sits off North FM539 in Sutherland Springs. (Louis DeLuca/Staff Photographer) sutherland springs 'A proper Christian burial:' Funeral homes prepare to send off family, friends Gail Uhlig has made a profession out of helping people say goodbye to their loves ones. Now, as the director of one of three funeral homes serving the victims of the Sutherland Springs church shooting, she finds herself [preparing to bury her own family](. "They were my nieces and nephews," Uhlig, standing in the empty foyer of Franklin Funeral Home in Floresville, told The Dallas Morning News. She didn't want to say anything more about that, but she wanted the families to know they won't be asked to pay a penny to send off their loved ones. "We're here not to make a profit,” she said. “We're here to serve and provide." Many are still holding out hope for injured loved ones, now on day three in the hospital. Those who count their families among the 26 victims are still reeling from a massacre that seems unreal and starting the bewildering job of laying their families and friends to rest. Pence visit: The vice president is [flying Wednesday to Texas to comfort survivors]( of the state's worst mass shooting in modern history — the bloodbath Sunday at a Sutherland Springs church. Religion: In a changed Sutherland Springs, [the cowboys weep and worship](. Guns: Texas Sen. John Cornyn announced plans Tuesday to push legislation that would [strengthen the nation's background check system]( for gun buyers. In June, protesters rallied outside the federal courthouse in San Antonio to oppose the Texas "sanctuary cities" bill that aligns with the president's tougher stance on illegal immigration. (Eric Gay/The Associated Press) sanctuary cities Will Texas' ban remain in effect? Decision rests in appeals court judges' hands Texas presented its arguments Tuesday [for fully lifting a block of the state's sanctuary cities ban](, while the law's opponents pushed the court to expand the injunction a federal judge handed down in August. A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans asked for clarification on how the law would be implemented and what would constitute violations of the ban on "sanctuary" policies, attorneys for the plaintiffs said. The panel did not make a ruling in the case or lay out a timeline for its decision. Any decision by the panel can be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who attended the hearing, said the plaintiffs in the case were trying to "undermine" federal immigration law enforcement, according to the Austin American-Statesman. Yesterday: Rep. Ted Poe became the latest Texas Republican — the third in a week — to [announce he's retiring from Congress](. Today: A Senate panel Wednesday will review President [Trump's nomination of a former Texas regulator]( and climate change skeptic for a job with the EPA. Tonight: Hundreds [plan to howl in Dallas]( at an event marking the anniversary of President Trump’s election. Advertisement (Andy Jacobsohn/Staff Photographer) Photo of the Morning Art hangs around potential office space at 603 Munger Avenue in Dallas’ West End Tuesday. What was once a cookie factory is now [one of the most innovative workspaces on the market downtown](. More than two years after buying the vacant West End Marketplace building on the northwest side of downtown, developer Granite Properties is finishing up a more than $77 million conversion of the building into first class office space, renamed Factory Six03. The first tenant — Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas — has already moved in. Around The Site - Transportation: [Both directions of U.S. 75 will be closed this weekend]( in Richardson and Plano for the partial demolition of the Plano Parkway bridge. - Crime: A former Frisco resident who police say [posed as a lawyer and sought payment from people for legal services]( was arrested Monday by Frisco police. - Texas Rangers: Cole [Hamels expressed shock and sadness]( over the death on Tuesday of Roy Halladay, a teammate with Philadelphia from 2010-13. - Commentary: The [success of conviction integrity units at exonerating innocent inmates]( proves that every county should have one, writes contributor Joyce King. A photo provided by RR Auction shows part of a manuscript penned by Jack Ruby, who shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald days after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. (RR Auction) Finally... Jack Ruby has a story he would like to tell you. It's a familiar one, achingly so. But more than likely, you have never heard it told this way — by the man himself, in the words of the nightclub owner, the assassin of the assassin. And, better still, they are in his own handwriting. Spread across 24 pages seldom seen in public — 24 pages going to auction for only the third time since the 1960s — the old story's more complete, more than just testimony. It's a short story now, scrawled by the Carousel Club's owner in a Dallas jail cell while he awaited the second trial he never lived to see. [And it can be yours for about $12,000 by Wednesday night](. AdVERTISEMENT 👋 That's all for this morning! For up-to-the-minute news and analysis, check out [DallasNews.com](. 💖 Share the love! If you like this newsletter, please forward this email to a friend and [check out our other newsletters here](. 📧 Do you have feedback? Send your thoughts, questions, praise and corrections to [newsletter-feedback@dallasnews.com](mailto:newsletter-feedback@dallasnews.com?subject=). 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