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Five stories that have North Texas talking: Ted Cruz opposes Graham-Cassidy bill; the new cultural plan in Dallas depends on you; a longhorn estimated at $500,000 sold for a 鈥渂argain鈥�; and more.

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz said Sunday that he鈥檚 against the that aims to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

in Austin, Cruz said of the health care bill, crafted by GOP Sens. Lindsey Graham and Bill Cassidy: 鈥淩ight now, they don鈥檛 have my vote.鈥� He said the same likely goes for Utah GOP Sen. Mike Lee, too.

He also said the to vote on the matter is 鈥渂ogus.鈥�

If Cruz sticks to that stance, Republican Senate leaders will have little hope that their bill will pass; it would lose if three GOP senators vote "no" this week.

Republican Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Kentucky's Rand Paul said . GOP Sen. Susan Collins of Maine said Sunday it's "" to think she'd vote "yes." [The Texas Tribune, The Associated Press, NPR]

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• for the first time since 2002 and to decide the shared priorities and how to allocate funding for the arts. The huge undertaking starts Monday, with a . [Art&Seek]

• Denton County commissioners on Tuesday to discuss the fate of the Confederate Soldier Memorial on the Courthouse-on-the-Square Lawn. A simple majority vote is needed to approve the committee. [Denton Record-Chronicle]

• An impressive was sold for $165,000 at the Hudson Valentine auction in the Fort Worth Stockyards. His horns are the longest in the world for a bull, measuring about 101 inches from tip to tip. [Fort Worth Star-Telegram]

• isn鈥檛 easy to say the least. In fact, primate specialists at the Dallas Zoo have been trying for years to get an accurate reading. They鈥檙e participating in a national effort to better understand the cardiovascular health of great apes. [四虎影院]

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