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On Monday's show: This week, Houston City Council plans to begin considering a paid parental leave policy for city employees. We learn what the benefits might entail and how they might help city employees.
Also this hour: It's another chance to vent your pet peeves about life in Houston.
And <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/jeffbalke" rel="noopener">Jeff Balke</a> previews the Astros season and updates us on sports.

On Monday's show: This week, Houston City Council plans to begin considering a paid parental leave policy for city employees. We learn what the benefits might entail and how they might help city employees. Also this hour: It's another chance to vent your pet peeves about life in Houston. And Jeff Balke previews the Astros season and updates us on sports.

On Monday's show: This week, Houston City Council plans to begin considering a paid parental leave policy for city employees. We learn what the benefits might entail and how they might help city employees.
Also this hour: It's another chance to vent your pet peeves about life in Houston.
And <a href="https://twitter.com/jeffbalke" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jeff Balke</a> previews the Astros season and updates us on sports.

Paid parental leave policy for city employees, and your Houston pet peeves (April 4, 2022)

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Houston Matters is a radio program airing weekdays at 9 am on Houston Public Media News 88.7 FM in Houston. During each hour, we’ll investigate the issues and ideas, people and places that make Houston…well…Houston! We’ll talk about current events, politics, education, health care, the environment, business, transportation, arts and culture, literature, sports and leisure. But we also hope that what we do each day on Houston Matters serves as the beginning of a conversation — one we hope you’ll continue here, at home, at work, with family, with friends and neighbors. We hope to introduce Houstonians to one another, to celebrate our diversity, and to engage one another through stories and conversations that demonstrate depth and context. Just the sort of thing you count on from public media.

Houston Matters is a radio program airing weekdays at 9 am on Houston Public Media News 88.7 FM in Houston. During each hour, we’ll investigate the issues and ideas, people and places that make Houston…well…Houston! We’ll talk about current events, politics, education, health care, the environment, business, transportation, arts and culture, literature, sports and leisure. But we also hope that what we do each day on Houston Matters serves as the beginning of a conversation — one we hope you’ll continue here, at home, at work, with family, with friends and neighbors. We hope to introduce Houstonians to one another, to celebrate our diversity, and to engage one another through stories and conversations that demonstrate depth and context. Just the sort of thing you count on from public media.

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