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Part two of a two-part series on the race to expand medical education in Texas. 

When Travis County voters approved a ballot measure this month that paved the way for a new University of Texas medical school in Austin, many South Texans had to stifle the emotions that came most naturally: frustration and resentment. They had been trying for decades to secure financing for a medical school in the Rio Grande Valley, only to watch the deal get sealed first for their wealthier northern neighbor.

Francisco Cigarroa, the chancellor of the University of Texas System, does not share those sentiments ...

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