On Wednesday's Houston Matters: Harris County Commissioners Court Tuesday voted to restructure management of its toll road system and considered whether to hire an outside law firm to sue vaping manufacturers over local cases of lung damage after use. Also this hour: Our political roundup includes a look at how one very big campaign contribution could impact the presidential election.  Then, the Galveston Bay Report Card is out today. How are our coastal waters doing... <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/shows/houston-matters/2020/09/16/381925/wednesdays-houston-matters-the-future-of-houston-climate-the-week-in-politics-galveston-bay-report-card-houston-botanic-garden-sep-16-2020/">Read More</a>

On Wednesday's Houston Matters: Harris County Commissioners Court Tuesday voted to restructure management of its toll road system and considered whether to hire an outside law firm to sue vaping manufacturers over local cases of lung damage after use. Also this hour: Our political roundup includes a look at how one very big campaign contribution could impact the presidential election. Then, the Galveston Bay Report Card is out today. How are our coastal waters doing... Read More

On Wednesday's Houston Matters: Harris County Commissioners Court Tuesday voted to restructure management of its toll road system and considered whether to hire an outside law firm to sue vaping manufacturers over local cases of lung damage after use. Also this hour: Our political roundup includes a look at how one very big campaign contribution could impact the presidential election.&nbsp; Then, the Galveston Bay Report Card is out today. How are our coastal waters doing... <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/shows/houston-matters/2020/09/16/381925/wednesdays-houston-matters-the-future-of-houston-climate-the-week-in-politics-galveston-bay-report-card-houston-botanic-garden-sep-16-2020/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Read More</a>

Wednesday’s Houston Matters: The Week In Politics, And The Health Of Galveston Bay (Sept. 16, 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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