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On Thursday’s Houston Matters: With 2020 now upon us, you may have made some resolutions to start the year, like eating right, or exercising more, or getting enough rest. Well, we can’t force you to do any of those things, but we might be able to help …
Read MoreOn Thursday’s Houston Matters: A new report has some surprising findings about how much illegal air pollution Texas industrial facilities released in 2018. We learn how much — and how many of those facilities were actually punished for it. Also this h…
Read MoreOn Thursday’s Houston Matters: The results are in from a state-ordered study of this year’s STAAR exams. We learn what the study found about the effectiveness of the test in measuring student knowledge: Also this hour: Local food writers discuss their …
Read MoreOn Thursday’s Houston Matters: For more than a decade, Texas illegally denied special education to tens of thousands of children with disabilities — services that are their right under federal law. State lawmakers took action, and federal monitors step…
Read MoreOn Thursday’s Houston Matters: We learn why some Harris County election results took longer than expected to come back: Also this hour: Rice University researcher Jim Blackburn wants to create a flood warning system that, during heavy rain, would shut …
Read MoreOn Thursday’s show: We recap the 2019 World Series ending with a win by the Washington Nationals. Then we dive into the new Netflix horror movie Eli and talk about why people enjoy being scared for fun in the latest installment of our monthly series ab…
Read MoreOn Thursday’s Houston Matters: Pulitzer Prize winner Gilbert M. Gaul has a new book called The Geography of Risk: Epic Storms, Rising Seas, and the Cost of America’s Coasts. He takes a critical look at our country’s $3 trillion worth of property built …
Read MoreOn Thursday’s Houston Matters: We preview tonight’s do-or-die game for the Astros in Game 5 of the ALDS against the Tampa Bay Rays. Also this hour: A new biography examines the life and legacy of billionaire Texas oilman George P. Mitchell. Then, one o…
Read MoreOn Thursday’s Houston Matters: As the Astros prepare for Game 1 of the ALDS on Friday, the team’s owner remains mired in a legal dispute with the former owner over a now-defunct cable network. The Houston Chronicle’s David Barron explains the dueling l…
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