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Friday’s Houston Matters: Spike In COVID-19 Cases Strains Health Care Providers, And Surviving As Small Business In A Recession (June 12, 2020)

On Friday’s show: The recent spike in COVID-19 cases strains area health care providers, how business accelerators work, tips for struggling small businesses, checking in with Harris County’s recovery czar, and The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the week’s news.

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On Friday’s Houston Matters: As Texas hospitals are seeing a spike in coronavirus cases, we learn what kind of strain that puts on area hospitals and their finances.

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Also this hour: Hubs, innovation nonprofits, accelerators — those terms all refer to companies that are in the business of helping to start up other businesses. We discuss how they work — and sometimes don’t.

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Plus, we get some tips for small businesses struggling in the recession. And we check in with Harris County’s recovery czar State Rep. Armando Walle.

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And, from increasing COVID-19 cases in Texas, to calls for HISD to disband its police force, we break down The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the week’s news.

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Michael Hagerty

Michael Hagerty

Senior Producer, Houston Matters

Michael Hagerty is the senior producer for Houston Matters. He's spent more than 20 years in public radio and television and dabbled in minor league baseball, spending four seasons as the public address announcer for the Reno Aces, the Triple-A affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks.

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