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Letting pregnant women use the HOV lane: The Good, Bad, and Ugly of the week houstonpublicmedia.org/artic…
Letting pregnant women use the HOV lane: The Good, Bad, and Ugly of the week | Houston Public Media

Letting pregnant women use the HOV lane: The Good, Bad, and Ugly of the week | Houston Public Media

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.

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Where to get the best vegan and vegetarian food in Houston: The Full Menu houstonpublicmedia.org/artic…
Where to get the best vegan and vegetarian food in Houston: The Full Menu | Houston Public Media

Where to get the best vegan and vegetarian food in Houston: The Full Menu | Houston Public Media

In this month's installment of The Full Menu, food writers discuss some of their favorite restaurants to get vegetarian and vegan food around the city.

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Challenging uncontested candidates may be the key to gender parity in Texas politics houstonpublicmedia.org/artic…
Challenging uncontested candidates may be the key to gender parity in Texas politics | Houston...

Challenging uncontested candidates may be the key to gender parity in Texas politics | Houston...

The Lone Star Parity Project's recent report showed that more than a thousand men ran unopposed for elected offices in Texas last year.

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Vibrant paint, crazy rims, and thumping sound: Festival celebrates Houston’s custom car culture houstonpublicmedia.org/artic…
Vibrant paint, crazy rims, and thumping sound: Festival celebrates Houston’s custom car culture |...

Vibrant paint, crazy rims, and thumping sound: Festival celebrates Houston’s custom car culture |...

Houston Matters producer Laura Walker checks out some custom rides at the Car-Toon Festival at the Harrisburg Art Museum.

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The best Houston restaurants to take kids: The Full Menu houstonpublicmedia.org/artic…
The best Houston restaurants to take kids: The Full Menu | Houston Public Media

The best Houston restaurants to take kids: The Full Menu | Houston Public Media

Food writers discuss their favorite places to take kids to eat and play in the area.

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Breaking Bread with Comedian Tom Papa houstonpublicmedia.org/artic…
Breaking Bread with Comedian Tom Papa | Houston Public Media

Breaking Bread with Comedian Tom Papa | Houston Public Media

The standup, writer, actor, author, and radio host chats with Houston Matters’ Craig Cohen ahead of his appearance at the 713 Music Hall.

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David Brancaccio learns some “Tricks of the Trade” from the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. houstonpublicmedia.org/artic…
David Brancaccio learns some “Tricks of the Trade” from the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. |...

David Brancaccio learns some “Tricks of the Trade” from the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. |...

The Marketplace Morning Report host drops by Houston Matters to share what he’s seen and heard from Rodeo Houston.

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Solar and wind continue to grow in Texas. But so does natural gas houstonpublicmedia.org/artic…
Solar and wind continue to grow in Texas. But so does natural gas. | Houston Public Media

Solar and wind continue to grow in Texas. But so does natural gas. | Houston Public Media

As CERA Week continues, industry leaders ponder what political, consumer, and other headwinds mean for the energy transition.

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Houston’s best places to grab a quick breakfast: The Full Menu houstonpublicmedia.org/artic…
Houston’s best places to grab a quick breakfast: The Full Menu | Houston Public Media

Houston’s best places to grab a quick breakfast: The Full Menu | Houston Public Media

Houston food writers discuss their favorite places in Houston to grab a quick breakfast in this month's installment of The Full Menu.

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Earlier this week, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Michael Haggerty for the public radio show @HoustonMatters, about collecting space memorabilia. You can can listen to our conversation here: houstonpublicmedia.org/artic…
Collecting space memorabilia is about the story even more than the object | Houston Public Media

Collecting space memorabilia is about the story even more than the object | Houston Public Media

Houston's Robert Pearlman, who runs the website collectSPACE, talks about the world of collecting objects from the history of NASA and human space exploration.

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KFC’s headquarters headed to Texas: The Good, Bad, and Ugly of the week houstonpublicmedia.org/artic… KFC’s headquarters headed to Texas: The Good, Bad, and Ugly of the week
KFC’s headquarters headed to Texas: The Good, Bad, and Ugly of the week | Houston Public Media

KFC’s headquarters headed to Texas: The Good, Bad, and Ugly of the week | Houston Public Media

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.

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Political Roundup: What to make of the reprieve on NASA layoffs houstonpublicmedia.org/artic…
Political Roundup: What to make of the reprieve on NASA layoffs | Houston Public Media

Political Roundup: What to make of the reprieve on NASA layoffs | Houston Public Media

Houston Matters discusses a last-minute reprieve from widely expected layoffs at NASA as we seek insight on the latest developments in politics in our weekly roundup.

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Five questions about the 2025 Astros as spring training begins houstonpublicmedia.org/artic…
Five questions about the 2025 Astros as spring training begins | Houston Public Media

Five questions about the 2025 Astros as spring training begins | Houston Public Media

A lot remains to be decided before the 2025 regular season starts.

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Houstonians share their favorite love songs for Valentine’s Day houstonpublicmedia.org/artic…
Houstonians share their favorite love songs for Valentine’s Day | Houston Public Media

Houstonians share their favorite love songs for Valentine’s Day | Houston Public Media

Louis Armstrong, Etta James, Tom Waits, Taylor Swift, and Elvis are among the submissions we hear in the latest Houston Matters Mixtape.

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Houston organization works to address untreated childhood trauma houstonpublicmedia.org/artic…
Houston organization works to address untreated childhood trauma | Houston Public Media

Houston organization works to address untreated childhood trauma | Houston Public Media

Shawn Alex Nemeth, the founder of Houston's Chester Street Foundation, talks about surviving a traumatic childhood and the work his organization does to help kids who have had similar experiences.

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Houston weather expert says cuts to NOAA could be ‘catastrophic’ houstonpublicmedia.org/artic…
Houston weather expert says cuts to NOAA could be ‘catastrophic’ | Houston Public Media

Houston weather expert says cuts to NOAA could be ‘catastrophic’ | Houston Public Media

The administration of President Donald Trump is reportedly considering funding cuts and layoffs for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a federal agency that includes the...

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Engineer from Pearland discusses his role on a lander headed to the moon houstonpublicmedia.org/artic…
Engineer from Pearland discusses his role on a lander headed to the moon | Houston Public Media

Engineer from Pearland discusses his role on a lander headed to the moon | Houston Public Media

Jackson Sweeney of Firefly Aerospace talks about his role on the Blue Ghost Lunar Lander, which is slated to land on the moon in early March.

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Houston’s Eternal Gandhi Museum champions the power of nonviolence houstonpublicmedia.org/artic…
Houston’s Eternal Gandhi Museum champions the power of nonviolence | Houston Public Media

Houston’s Eternal Gandhi Museum champions the power of nonviolence | Houston Public Media

Houston Matters visits the museum in southwest Houston, which touts itself as the first in the Americas dedicated to memorializing the life and work of Mahatma Gandhi.

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The Full Menu: Houston’s best sports bars and pub food houstonpublicmedia.org/artic…
The Full Menu: Houston’s best sports bars and pub food | Houston Public Media

The Full Menu: Houston’s best sports bars and pub food | Houston Public Media

Ahead of the Super Bowl, food writers discuss their favorite places for pub food and to watch sports in Houston.

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Experts: Chinese tariffs on U.S. energy won’t affect Houston’s economy houstonpublicmedia.org/artic…
Experts: Chinese tariffs on U.S. energy won’t affect Houston’s economy | Houston Public Media

Experts: Chinese tariffs on U.S. energy won’t affect Houston’s economy | Houston Public Media

A pair of economists say energy tariffs are more symbolic than anything but expect Houstonians would feel a greater impact from any tariffs imposed on goods from Mexico.

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