CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS Early voting began Monday across Texas with voters deciding the fate of 17 proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution, as well as local races for city and school board, bond measures and tax proposals. The Houston Chronicle reported many of the propositions intend to lower property taxes for homeowners and businesses.

CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS Redrawing the state’s congressional maps has pulled in 114 Republican candidates across the state’s 38 districts with nearly two months left until the filing deadline, the Houston Chronicle reported. The Texas Legislature redrew the maps at the request of President Donald Trump in hopes of gaining five additional GOP seats.

Madison County Museum’s current exhibit is focused on locals who served or are serving in our military. In organizing it, I found a yellowed newspaper clipping which I quote next: “M/Sgt. Lawrence M. Grigory, 39, was one of the 13 members of the U.S. Air Force who was killed Saturday when two American tanker planes crashed over Normandy. The two U.S.A.F. KB29 aerial tanker planes collided in mid-air near St. Lo, France. Five of the crew members were injured and one was still missing at last reports.

Welcome to Fall! By the time you’re reading this, we will be closing out the first quarter of school and welcoming a full slate of exciting October events. We are incredibly grateful for the amazing community turnout at our recent family engagement events! Goodies with Grandparents was a huge success, with a record number of guests in attendance.

We have had a whirlwind start to the school year. It has been a start that included many last-minute changes to laws and regulations that public schools are expected to follow.

In last month’s newsletter, we introduced our foundational purpose: “NZISD: Cultivating an Environment That Inspires Learning.” This month, we’re taking a deep dive into the system most critical to that goal-the Learning system itself.

The same plaintiffs who are challenging the state’s 2021 congressional map are asking a panel of three federal judges to block using the new GOP-approved districts from being used in the March midterms.

Ross Garrett was born in Nacogdoches and grew up in Rusk County. He was attending college when World War II began.

Advocates for undocumented college students claim some learners have been told incorrectly they are no longer eligible for low instate tuition rates, the Texas Tribune reports. They are asking for clear guidance on the issue.

While the President’s enforcement of the law was legal, there were bands of extremely Liberal- Minded Legislators who began flocking to the cities to meet with the Illegal Aliens. These Human leeches were seeking media time to garner votes. They began informing the Illegal Aliens that they were more than welcome here and everything they could possibly want would be given to them. They didn’t need to even be concerned about obeying the immigration laws. Sadly, it seemed that the majority of the City Humans (who were Liberals) believed the rhetoric too. They came out in droves in support of the Illegal Aliens.