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Temperatures are already on the rise, and blazing East Texas temperatures will be here before you know it. The best way to deal with air conditioning issues is to prevent them before they start.

Dear Editor April is National Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Month. It is a time dedicated to raising awareness, promoting compassion, and strengthening our commitment to the most vulnerable among us.

Leadership is not easy. Athletics and the game of life are more alike than we sometimes realize.

Does a leader show love and demonstrate trust? When you’re dealing with people, you’re not just dealing with skills and responsibilities, you’re dealing with fear, uncertainty, and sometimes even past hurt. Scripture gives us a simple but powerful truth in 1 Corinthians 8:3: ‘But whoever loves God is known by God.’ That verse reminds us of something important.

STATE CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton called for Gov. Greg Abbott to remove acting state comptroller Kelly Hancock, calling him an “incompetent loser,” The Dallas Morning News reported.

There is something powerful about the standards we set for ourselves. Not the ones written in policy manuals or enforced by supervisors, but the ones that live inside us, the ones we choose to honor when no one is watching.

Four Islamic schools have been admitted to the Texas voucher program after a federal judge ordered the state to invite the schools to apply, the Houston Chronicle reported. The judge also ordered the application deadline for families be extended to March 31, citing concerns that no Islamic schools had been approved for the program.

If you spend enough time around teams, organizations, or businesses, you eventually learn an important truth: not everyone in the locker room is pulling in the same direction. Some people show up to work every day with a different mission.

For nearly half a century, the Iranian regime has funded terrorism, killed American troops, and pursued nuclear weapons while chanting ‘Death to America.’ Despite this threat, too many American presidents drew symbolic red lines and issued warnings that Tehran never truly feared. The result was an emboldened Iran that attacked American interests and destabilized the region.

Van ISD Superintendent As the superintendent of Van ISD, I appreciate the opportunity to share our school board’s recent discussion and decision regarding Senate Bill 11 (SB 11), a measure passed by the Texas Legislature.