On Friday's Houston Matters: Pres. Joe Biden is visiting Houston today in the wake of last week’s massive power and water outages. It’s his first visit to the Bayou City since taking office. Are presidential visits like this useful? We discuss. Also this hour: A new pilot program called Girls Moving Forward looks to provide trauma counseling for young women in the juvenile justice system who are sex trafficking victims. Then, we break down The... <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/shows/houston-matters/2021/02/26/392275/the-value-of-presidential-visits-after-a-disaster-feb-26-2021/">Read More</a>

On Friday's Houston Matters: Pres. Joe Biden is visiting Houston today in the wake of last week’s massive power and water outages. It’s his first visit to the Bayou City since taking office. Are presidential visits like this useful? We discuss. Also this hour: A new pilot program called Girls Moving Forward looks to provide trauma counseling for young women in the juvenile justice system who are sex trafficking victims. Then, we break down The... Read More

On Friday's Houston Matters: Pres. Joe Biden is visiting Houston today in the wake of last week’s massive power and water outages. It’s his first visit to the Bayou City since taking office. Are presidential visits like this useful? We discuss. Also this hour: A new pilot program called Girls Moving Forward looks to provide trauma counseling for young women in the juvenile justice system who are sex trafficking victims. Then, we break down The... <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/shows/houston-matters/2021/02/26/392275/the-value-of-presidential-visits-after-a-disaster-feb-26-2021/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Read More</a>

The Value Of Presidential Visits After A Disaster (Feb. 26, 2021)

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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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