update changelog and version number

Author: chalmerlowe

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -14,6 +14,20 @@ Older versions of this project were distributed as [pybigquery][0].
 [2]: https://pypi.org/project/pybigquery/#history
 
 
+## [1.9.0rc1](https://github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery-sqlalchemy/compare/v1.8.0...v1.9.0rc1) 
+
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+### Features
+
+* Add support for Python 3.12 ([#923](https://github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery-sqlalchemy/issues/923)) ([8952f02](https://github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery-sqlalchemy/commit/8952f02c482f9143b0ec78f48d66e7c7a2e755f3))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Remove Python 3.7 support due to EOL ([#900](https://github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery-sqlalchemy/issues/900)) ([45fcad4](https://github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery-sqlalchemy/commit/45fcad4111b9143fb1b9c309ed2a7578ae05d7a4))
+* Removing Python 3.7 from sync-repo-settings.yaml file ([#902](https://github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery-sqlalchemy/issues/902)) ([afd895e](https://github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery-sqlalchemy/commit/afd895e6b63e9a21610101f4d5e080a13066f102))
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 ## [1.8.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery-sqlalchemy/compare/v1.7.0...v1.8.0) (2023-08-11)
 
 

sqlalchemy_bigquery/version.py

@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@
 # IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
 # CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
-__version__ = "1.8.0"
+__version__ = "1.9.0rc1"