Posted on · School districts across the state including Houston, Austin, San Antonio and Dallas ISD have defied the Governor’s orders, announcing their plans to implement their own mask mandate.
Posted on · Houston joins Austin and Dallas school districts in defying the Governor’s order citing public health and safety. Harris County continues its sixth day of county's COVID threat level at 'severe.'
Posted on · On Tuesday's Houston Matters, HISD superintendent Millard House II also said he was confident that the district's proposed mask mandate would be passed.
Posted on · If approved, HISD would likely be the first school district in the state to violate Gov. Greg Abbott’s mask mandate ban, and set up a potential confrontation between the state and the new Houston superintendent.
Posted on · On Monday's show: A closer look at Gov. Abbott’s new executive order prohibiting local governments from issuing mask and vaccine mandates, your pet peeves about life in Houston, and an update on sports.
Posted on · Abbott reiterated Tuesday that Texas schoolchildren will not face mask requirements as they return to school later this summer.
Posted on · On Friday's show: Seeking input on the future of the Astrodome, separating politics from science, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the week, and Ernie Manouse celebrates 25 years at Houston Public Media.
Posted on · 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.
Posted on · The group of five parents argue that the district’s mask requirement is an example of “separate but equal” education, banned by the Supreme Court’s ruling in Brown v. Board of Education.
Posted on · Before the Wednesday announcement, already between 10 million and 13 million people — more than one-third of Texas’ population — were eligible, according to state health officials.
Posted on · Restrictions put in place to stop the spread of COVID-19 will be lifted Wednesday, and businesses are trying to navigate operating safely.
Posted on · On Wednesday's show: As the mask mandate ends, businesses and restaurants can open fully. But will they? Plus: The week in politics, and reflecting on the politics of the pandemic and its economic impact, one year in.
Posted on · Houston congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee said she’ll push for the Biden administration to cut the state out of the loop, in response to Gov. Greg Abbott's decision to lift a mask mandate in Texas.
Posted on · Co-hosts Brandon Rottinghaus and Jeronimo Cortina delve into the latest news in national and local politics.
Posted on · 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.