On Wednesday's Houston Matters: Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine has been authorized for use for Americans ages 12-15. That adds another 17 million people to the pool of eligible vaccine recipients. What impact do local officials hope this will have?

Also this hour: We discuss the latest news in our weekly political roundup.

And sociologist Dr. Stephen Klineberg joins us to walk through the findings of the 40th annual Houston Area Survey. The annual survey from Rice University's Kinder Institute for Urban Research remains the nation's longest-running study of any metropolitan area's economy, population, life experiences, beliefs, and attitudes.