Editor’s Note: This essay on leadership by Curtis Klingle will be presented as a four-part series over the upcoming weeks. Law enforcement officers have a great amount of autonomy, as it is a necessity.

Lawmakers in the Texas Senate are considering a measure requiring home insurers to get approval from regulators before increasing rates by more than 10%, the Houston Chronicle reported. The bill, sponsored by state Sen.

North Zulch Elementary hosted our annual Book Character Parade on March 7 to celebrate Read Across America. The event is organized by Autumn Nauling, our library coordinator, and held in conjunction with our Spring Book Fair. The Book Character Parade is more than just costumes. It is a time for students and staff to celebrate a love of reading and literature by bringing a favorite book character to life through detailed costumes and enthusiastic portrayals. From timeless classics to contemporary favorites, students and staff alike paraded around the Elementary gym dressed as characters from books that included fairy tales, myths, and modern novels.

Madison County Museum has a new exhibit of scrapbooks. Please visit and reminisce.

The Texas Senate last week passed a bill to allow school districts to set aside time for inschool prayer and gave initial approval to requiring all schools to post a copy of the Ten Commandments in every classroom.

Editor’s Note: This essay on leadership by Curtis Klingle will be presented as a four-part series over the upcoming weeks . I have known very few leaders in my life, and it is these men I would unhesitatingly go into battle with. They are the type of men who, as Bennis described, can and “…do the right things,” and they are extremely rare.

Texas farmers are voicing growing concerns about tariffs being enacted by President Trump adversely affecting their ability to sell agricultural goods overseas, the Houston Chronicle reported. Texas Farm Bureau President Russell Boening said the tariffs could be especially tough on younger farmers.

Critics say a state House bill proposing $7.5 billion in new funding for public education doesn’t go far enough, The Dallas Morning News reported. House Bill 2 would raise the per-student allotment by $220, to $6,360 a year. It would also invest $750 million in teacher pay and $450 million in teacher training.

Madison County has had many folks with the last name “Wilson”. Our cemeteries attest to that, with 182 gravestones in the county holding the Wilson family name and 49 more with that as a female’s maiden name. For many, we can trace kinship to James Wilson (1802-1892) who is listed among the 900 or so who fought under Sam Houston at San Jacinto on April 21, 1836, where Texas won independence from Mexico. Names and facts about others fighting for both Texas and Mexico can be seen at https://www.sanjacinto- museum.org/Discover/ The_Battle/Veteran_Bios/.

A slim majority of Texas House members have indicated they will back House Bill 3, which creates education savings accounts that allow families to use taxpayer money for private school education. The Dallas Morning News reported 75 Republican legislators have signed on with the bill’s author, state Rep. Brad Buckley, R-Salado, to support the measure.