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Your essential guide to the people, places, issues & ideas that define Greater #Houston. Weekdays 9am @HoustonPubMedia Pitch stories to [email protected].
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Joined March 2013
Letting pregnant women use the HOV lane: The Good, Bad, and Ugly of the week
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The Houston Matters panel of non-experts weighs in on stories from the week’s news and decides if they’re good, bad, or ugly.
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Where to get the best vegan and vegetarian food in Houston: The Full Menu
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In this month's installment of The Full Menu, food writers discuss some of their favorite restaurants to get vegetarian and vegan food around the city.
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Challenging uncontested candidates may be the key to gender parity in Texas politics
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The Lone Star Parity Project's recent report showed that more than a thousand men ran unopposed for elected offices in Texas last year.
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Vibrant paint, crazy rims, and thumping sound: Festival celebrates Houston’s custom car culture https://t.co/789kYviQyQ
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Houston Matters producer Laura Walker checks out some custom rides at the Car-Toon Festival at the Harrisburg Art Museum.
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The best Houston restaurants to take kids: The Full Menu https://t.co/TKmgtxl8qx
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Food writers discuss their favorite places to take kids to eat and play in the area.
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Breaking Bread with Comedian Tom Papa
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The standup, writer, actor, author, and radio host chats with Houston Matters’ Craig Cohen ahead of his appearance at the 713 Music Hall.
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David Brancaccio learns some “Tricks of the Trade” from the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.
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The Marketplace Morning Report host drops by Houston Matters to share what he’s seen and heard from Rodeo Houston.
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Solar and wind continue to grow in Texas. But so does natural gas https://t.co/sC1YY6p6jL
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As CERA Week continues, industry leaders ponder what political, consumer, and other headwinds mean for the energy transition.
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Houston’s best places to grab a quick breakfast: The Full Menu https://t.co/lhE1abirqW
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Houston food writers discuss their favorite places in Houston to grab a quick breakfast in this month's installment of The Full Menu.
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Earlier this week, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Michael Haggerty for the public radio show @HoustonMatters, about collecting space memorabilia. You can can listen to our conversation here:
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Houston's Robert Pearlman, who runs the website collectSPACE, talks about the world of collecting objects from the history of NASA and human space exploration.
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KFC’s headquarters headed to Texas: The Good, Bad, and Ugly of the week https://t.co/FI9Ov1lefy KFC’s headquarters headed to Texas: The Good, Bad, and Ugly of the week
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The Houston Matters panel of non-experts weighs in on stories from the week’s news and decides if they’re good, bad, or ugly.
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Political Roundup: What to make of the reprieve on NASA layoffs
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Houston Matters discusses a last-minute reprieve from widely expected layoffs at NASA as we seek insight on the latest developments in politics in our weekly roundup.
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Five questions about the 2025 Astros as spring training begins
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A lot remains to be decided before the 2025 regular season starts.
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Houstonians share their favorite love songs for Valentine’s Day https://t.co/XsN2uLmreB
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Louis Armstrong, Etta James, Tom Waits, Taylor Swift, and Elvis are among the submissions we hear in the latest Houston Matters Mixtape.
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Houston organization works to address untreated childhood trauma
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Shawn Alex Nemeth, the founder of Houston's Chester Street Foundation, talks about surviving a traumatic childhood and the work his organization does to help kids who have had similar experiences.
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Houston weather expert says cuts to NOAA could be ‘catastrophic’ https://t.co/h1weA1lsoN
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The administration of President Donald Trump is reportedly considering funding cuts and layoffs for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a federal agency that includes the...
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Engineer from Pearland discusses his role on a lander headed to the moon
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Jackson Sweeney of Firefly Aerospace talks about his role on the Blue Ghost Lunar Lander, which is slated to land on the moon in early March.
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Houston’s Eternal Gandhi Museum champions the power of nonviolence https://t.co/FYa786Yhrc
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Houston Matters visits the museum in southwest Houston, which touts itself as the first in the Americas dedicated to memorializing the life and work of Mahatma Gandhi.
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The Full Menu: Houston’s best sports bars and pub food https://t.co/w6Q9gWaZON
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Ahead of the Super Bowl, food writers discuss their favorite places for pub food and to watch sports in Houston.
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Experts: Chinese tariffs on U.S. energy won’t affect Houston’s economy https://t.co/Z8weDBd7K4
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A pair of economists say energy tariffs are more symbolic than anything but expect Houstonians would feel a greater impact from any tariffs imposed on goods from Mexico.
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