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Banning Red Light Cameras, and a Posh Rating for a Houston Hotel: The Good, Bad, and Ugly of the Week’s News
Posted on · The Houston Matters panel of non-experts breaks down the week's news.
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Immigration Debate, And Coal’s Decline: The Good, Bad, & Ugly Of The Week’s News
Posted on · Our panel of non-experts weighs in on the stories from this week’s news and decides if they’re good, bad, or ugly.
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Disaster Funds For Churches, And Road Design Contributing To Speed-Related Crashes: The Good, Bad, And Ugly Of The Week’s News
Posted on · Our rotating panel of non-experts discusses The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly of this week's news.
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Katy ISD Pulls Book From Its Library, And Sports Illustrated Honors Watt And Altuve: The Good, Bad, And Ugly Of The News
Posted on · When faced with intriguing developments in the week’s news, we turn to a rotating panel of non-experts to parse The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly of it all.
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Digging up Bricks in Freedmen’s Town, and Record Homes Sales: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of The News
Posted on · A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing developments in the week's news, we turn to our rotating panel of "non-experts" to parse The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of it all. This week, our panel weighs in […]
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‘Houston In Black And White’ and the Houston Marathon: Friday’s Show (January 13, 2017)
Posted on · On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (Jan. 16, 2017) at 9 p.m., Houston Public Media TV 8 will air a special discussion about the relationship between the black and white communities of Houston. It’s called Houston in Black and White, and it asks who we are, how we arrived here and what we can do […]
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BP Moving, and Trump’s Texas Cabinet Members: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the News
Posted on · A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing developments in the week's news, we turn to our rotating panel of "non-experts" to parse The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of it all. This week, our panel weighs in […]
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Uber Agreement and High School Concussions: The Good, Bad and Ugly of the News
Posted on · A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing developments in the week's news, we turn to our rotating panel of "non-experts" to parse The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of it all. This week, our panel weighs in […]
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African American-Owned Banks, and The Good, Bad and the Ugly: Friday’s Show (November 18, 2016)
Posted on · Black-owned banks have been in the news this year. It started when a rapper who goes by the name "Killer Mike" called on people to open accounts at a bank in Atlanta after police shootings of African-American men. There is only one black-owned bank in Texas, and it's Unity National Bank in Houston's Third Ward. […]
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Womb Transplants and Reverse Commuting: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly of the News
Posted on · A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing developments in the week's news, we turn to our rotating panel of "non-experts" to parse The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of it all. This week our panel examines: Texas […]
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A Closer Look at the Astrodome Plan: Friday’s Show (October 7, 2016)
Posted on · Last week (Sept. 27, 2016), Harris County Commissioners Court unanimously approved $10.5 million for the design phase for the Astrodome project. It's part of the $105 million plan to preserve and revitalize the iconic structure. That plan entails raising the structure's floor, providing underground parking and converting the building into usable public space. On today’s […]
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Voter ID Squabble and Dress Code Comments: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly of the News
Posted on · A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing developments in the week's news, we turn to our rotating panel of "non-experts" to parse The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of it all. This week our panel examines: The […]
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Poll Suggests Texas In Play in Presidential Race: Friday’s Show (September 9, 2016)
Posted on · On Monday (Sept. 5, 2016), the Washington Post unveiled a new poll on the U.S. presidential race, which was conducted in recent weeks in all 50 states. That it found the race tightening was not too surprising. But one revelation was: that the Post's poll, conducted in partnership with SurveyMonkey, found Republican Donald Trump and […]
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Police Shooting Data, Coastal Advisory Group and George W. Sways: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of the News
Posted on · A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing developments in the week's news, we turn to our rotating panel of "non-experts" to parse The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of it all. This week our panel examines: A […]
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Political Roundtable and Video Game Music: Friday’s show (July 15, 2016)
Posted on · The 2016 Republican National Convention kicks off on Monday in Cleveland, and the Democratic National Convention will be held in Philadelphia later this month. On this edition of Houston Matters, we preview the conventions, and discuss other developments in politics with potential impact for Houston and Texas, with News 88.7 FM’s politics and government reporter […]