Full Show: Proposed Rules For Houston Floodplains, And Texas After The Confederacy (Feb. 15, 2018)

On Thursday’s Houston Matters: The City of Houston is proposing new rules regarding new construction within Houston’s floodplains. Public Works Director Carol Haddock joins us to explain what’s being discussed.

Also this hour: We learn what difficulties the black population in the South faced after the dissolution of the Confederacy, particularly in Texas and Houston.

Then: Michael Hagerty finds out how big the Girl Scout Cookie phenomenon is. And we continue our week-long look at unlikely winter sports enthusiasts in Houston by finding Houstonians playing hockey here.

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