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Will You Pay More to Help Build a Medical School?

The Central Health Board of Managers  to ask voters whether they want to pay five cents  per $100 of taxable value.

The funds would help develop a  in Austin. The proposal will be on the November ballot.

Board members say now is a good time to move forward with the project because of the federal Medicaid matching funds available.

The tax proposal is the latest step in a series of developments surrounding a medical school. , in April, Seton Healthcare Family, which currently operates University Medical Center Brackenridge, said  on a new teaching hospital.

Soon afterward, the University of Texas Board of Regents proposed  for a medical school for the first eight years, and $25 million annually after that.

Laura first joined the KUT team in April 2012. She now works for the statewide program Texas Standard as a reporter and producer. Laura came to KUT from the world of television news. She has worn many different hats as an anchor, reporter and producer at TV stations in Austin, Amarillo and Toledo, OH. Laura is a proud graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia, a triathlete and enjoys travel, film and a good beer. She enjoys spending time with her husband and pets.