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Houston Matters visits a recent national college fair to talk with students and parents navigating the complicated decision of where to go to college.
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How Texas jails deal with overcrowding (April 26, 2024)
On Friday's show: We learn how jails across the state are dealing with overcrowding. We visit a recent college fair to learn how students and parents are handling ...
New Texans uniforms: The Good, Bad, and Ugly of the week
The Houston Matters panel of non-experts weighs in on stories from the week’s news and decides if they’re good, bad, or ugly.
Here’s how the city of Houston celebrates the legacy of Frida Kahlo
We learn about the Frida Festival and how it honors the revered 20th-century artist.
Political Roundup: Supreme Court considers presidential immunity
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Thursday regarding whether former Pres. Donald Trump should be immune from criminal prosecution related to efforts to overturn the 2020 ...
Texas jails have an overcrowding issue. Is the state making it worse by delaying prison transfers?
Harris, Tarrant and Bexar counties say their local jails are backed up with convicted state prisoners. The state says it's following the law.
The week in politics (April 24, 2024)
On Wednesday's show: We discuss the latest developments in politics in our weekly roundup, we learn about this weekend's Frida Festival, and we reflect on memories from the ...
Texas, AG Ken Paxton ‘trying to bully Harris County’ over guaranteed income program, Lina Hidalgo says
The Texas Supreme Court blocked Harris County's guaranteed income program on Tuesday, as the first round of checks were being sent out to low-income families. Judge Lina Hidalgo ...
Exit interview: Galveston City Council member John Paul Listowski
The outgoing city leader reflects on six years serving the island's District Five.
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo (April 23, 2024)
On Tuesday's show: From the ongoing court challenge to the county’s income assistance program, to calls for more transparency in how the county hands out contracts for infrastructure ...
Consumer Tech: Big changes happening in the world of connectivity
We discuss these changes and other developments in consumer tech news with Houston Chronicle columnist Dwight Silverman.
How women led the activism that created the Superfund program
A new PBS documentary called "Poisoned Ground" tells their story. And a local activist shares how the actions of women across the country more than 40 years ago ...
Fighting Superfund sites (April 22, 2024)
On Monday's show: We learn how an environmental disaster more than 40 years ago led to the creation of the EPA's Superfund program and how an activist involved ...
How women from four different countries became ‘Accidental Sisters’
A new book closely follows the lives of a group of refugee women in Houston.
Refugee women in Houston (April 19, 2024)
On Friday's show: We examine a recent report on antisemitic incidents in Houston. We discuss The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the week. And we meet ...
Super Bowl ring lost in a pool of chili: The Good, Bad, and Ugly of the week
The Houston Matters panel of non-experts weighs in on stories from the week’s news and decides if they’re good, bad, or ugly.
Is it already feeling like summertime? Houston seeing warmer temperatures this April
Here in Houston, the temperatures have reached the mid and upper 80s in recent days, which begs the question: Is summer already here?