On Wednesday's Houston Matters: Community activists are asking for the release of body camera footage from a recent fatal shooting involving an HPD officer, the sixth such incident in the last month. A local civil rights attorney explains why he wants such footage released. And we learn how Houston has one of the fastest rates of growth of cities nationwide in solar energy capacity. Also this hour: We break down the latest news in our... <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/shows/houston-matters/2020/05/27/370551/wednesdays-houston-matters-recent-police-shootings-and-stopping-summer-brain-drain-may-27-2020/">Read More</a>

On Wednesday's Houston Matters: Community activists are asking for the release of body camera footage from a recent fatal shooting involving an HPD officer, the sixth such incident in the last month. A local civil rights attorney explains why he wants such footage released. And we learn how Houston has one of the fastest rates of growth of cities nationwide in solar energy capacity. Also this hour: We break down the latest news in our... Read More

On Wednesday's Houston Matters: Community activists are asking for the release of body camera footage from a recent fatal shooting involving an HPD officer, the sixth such incident in the last month. A local civil rights attorney explains why he wants such footage released. And we learn how Houston has one of the fastest rates of growth of cities nationwide in solar energy capacity. Also this hour: We break down the latest news in our... <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/shows/houston-matters/2020/05/27/370551/wednesdays-houston-matters-recent-police-shootings-and-stopping-summer-brain-drain-may-27-2020/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Read More</a>

Wednesday’s Houston Matters: Releasing Body Camera Video, And Stopping Summer Brain Drain (May 27, 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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