County officials: State list of suspect voters has ‘significant’ errors

News and updates from Austin's news in your inbox Email not displaying correctly? [View Online]( [Statesman]( MORNING HEADLINES Start your day with a fresh roundup of news, features and commentary. Wednesday's Top Story [County officials: State list of suspect voters has significant errors]( [County officials: State list of suspect voters has ‘significant’ errors]( Lists of potential noncitizen voters, provided by the Texas secretary of state's office for investigations into possible voting irregularity, contain a "significant" number of names that should not have been included, county elections officials said Tuesday. [Read More »]( Local News [Proposed sublease a surprising twist for city-owned bargain bookstore, Recycled Reads]( [Proposed sublease a surprising twist for city-owned bargain bookstore, Recycled Reads]( Beethoven's Violin Sonata No. 5 was playing over the radio as customers milled about last Friday afternoon in a quiet, unassuming used book store on Burnet Road. 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[Read More »]( World [Brexit envoy insists EU united as UK s May seeks concessions]( [Brexit envoy insists EU united as UK’s May seeks concessions]( BRUSSELS (AP) " Top European Union Brexit officials insisted Wednesday that the EU's divorce agreement with Britain cannot be renegotiated as Prime Minister Theresa May prepares to seek fresh concessions from the bloc just weeks before her country is set to leave."The EU institutions remain united, and we stand by the agreement that we have negotiated with the U.K.," Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier told reporters, as he left a meeting of the European Parliament's Brexit committee. 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