Town Square
How to Have Civil Conversations During Family Gatherings; Plus, the Latest on the Mass Shooting in Virginia
Posted on · Ways to approach (or avoid) difficult subjects at the holiday dinner table.
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Education
Texas tax-free sales weekend underway
Posted on · In Harris County, items under $100 will be exempt from the 8.25% tax.
Business
Here’s How Retail Chains Are Responding To Texas Lifting Its COVID-19 Mask Mandate
Posted on · Costco, H-E-B, Kroger and Target all provided updates on their policies in the wake of Gov. Greg Abbott's decision. Buc-ee's, Randalls and Walmart did not.
Houston Matters
Turning Walmart Parking Lots Into Drive-In Movie Theaters: The Good, Bad, And Ugly Of The Week’s News
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.
Texas
El Pasoans Were Targeted For Being Mexican — Historians Say That’s Been Happening For 200 Years
Posted on · A deep fear among some El Pasoans has cast a chilling shadow over their defiant shows of strength and unity.
Texas
Resilient El Paso Remembers Victims Of August 3rd Attack
Posted on · El Pasoans talk about resilience in the face of multiple traumatic events from the mass shooting on Aug. 3, 2019, from the current COVID-19 health threat and economic downturn to the previous humanitarian crisis as parents and children arrived at the border seeking asylum.
Texas
Survivors Reunite For First Time Since El Paso Walmart Mass Shooting
Posted on · Listen to survivors as they reunite for the first time since the deadly Aug. 3 mass shooting a year ago in El Paso.
National
Review Finds Many Who Work During Rehab Aren’t Being Paid
Posted on · Across the country, drug and alcohol recovery programs claiming to help the poor and the desperate are instead conscripting them into forms of indentured servitude, requiring them to work without pay or for pennies on the dollar, in exchange for their stay.
Texas
Walmart Hires Off-Duty Officers Ahead Of El Paso Reopening
Posted on · The reopening is planned for Thursday. It will happen unceremoniously following a brief meeting with employees.
Texas
Walmart Unveils Design For Memorial To Victims Of El Paso Mass Shooting
Posted on · The design includes an outdoor plaza, surrounded by decorative fencing and plants.
Top Stories
DA Kim Ogg Weighs In On Harris County Bail Reform, Texas Education Commissioner Puts HISD On Notice, Firefighters Union Calls For No-Confidence Vote In Chief Peña, And More
Posted on · These are some of the stories Houston Public Media is covering.
National
Walmart Will No Longer Sell Ammo For Handguns And The AR-15
Posted on · The company will also stop allowing customers to openly carry firearms inside its stores.
Texas
Walmart Plans To Reopen El Paso Store Following Mass Shooting
Posted on · The company will also create a memorial on site.
Texas
The Couple Killed Saving Their Baby In El Paso Had Just Found A Future Together
Posted on · Andre and Jordan Anchondo were two of the 22 people killed in El Paso on Saturday. President Trump visited El Paso to meet with survivors as families grieve and mourn their loved ones.
Housotn Matters
Full Show: TEA Completes HISD Investigation, Voices From El Paso, And The Santa Fe Resiliency Center (Aug. 8, 2019)
Posted on · On Thursday's Houston Matters: What we know about the findings from TEA's investigation of HISD, stories from survivors of the El Paso mass shooting, inside a program to help victims of the Santa Fe school shooting, an examination of workplace accidents, and inside the world of competitive drum corps.