On Thursday’s Houston Matters: Why school districts in Greater Houston have pushed back against recommendations for in-person learning from Harris County Public Health. Also this hour: Health care workers have been taking care of us the past few months during the COVID-19 surge in Texas. So who’s taking care of them? Then, Kam Franklin, lead singer of The Suffers, discusses her musical career. And Robin Kesselman, principal bass for the Houston Symphony, discusses a new... <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/shows/houston-matters/2020/08/20/380141/thursdays-houston-matters-covid-19-in-the-latino-community-health-care-worker-fatigue-and-kam-franklin-aug-20-2020/">Read More</a>

On Thursday’s Houston Matters: Why school districts in Greater Houston have pushed back against recommendations for in-person learning from Harris County Public Health. Also this hour: Health care workers have been taking care of us the past few months during the COVID-19 surge in Texas. So who’s taking care of them? Then, Kam Franklin, lead singer of The Suffers, discusses her musical career. And Robin Kesselman, principal bass for the Houston Symphony, discusses a new... Read More

On Thursday’s Houston Matters: Why school districts in Greater Houston have pushed back against recommendations for in-person learning from Harris County Public Health. Also this hour: Health care workers have been taking care of us the past few months during the COVID-19 surge in Texas. So who’s taking care of them? Then, Kam Franklin, lead singer of The Suffers, discusses her musical career. And Robin Kesselman, principal bass for the Houston Symphony, discusses a new... <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/shows/houston-matters/2020/08/20/380141/thursdays-houston-matters-covid-19-in-the-latino-community-health-care-worker-fatigue-and-kam-franklin-aug-20-2020/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Read More</a>

Thursday’s Houston Matters: Why School Districts Are Pushing Back Against County Health Experts (Aug. 20, 2020)

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&#8217;ll investigate the issues and ideas, people and places that make Houston&#8230;well&#8230;Houston! We&#8217;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 &#8212; one we hope you&#8217;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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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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