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UnavailableFirst-ever joint primary election (Jan. 18, 2024)
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First-ever joint primary election (Jan. 18, 2024)

FromHouston Matters


Currently unavailable

First-ever joint primary election (Jan. 18, 2024)

FromHouston Matters

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Length:
49 minutes
Released:
Jan 18, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description



On Thursday's show: Harris County election officials held tests on Wednesday to prepare for the March primary election. We learn what that entails and discuss the dynamics of the county's first-ever joint primary between both the Republican and Democratic parties this year.
Also this hour: A coalition of nonprofits is planning to transform a building in Fort Worth that was once the state headquarters for the Ku Klux Klan into a cultural center and "safe space" for the community. One of the leaders of those efforts talks about the building's history and future plans for it in an excerpt from this week's edition of I See U with Eddie Robinson.
Then, Houston and Dallas both have been reporting declines in the number of homeless people in their communities, while other cities don’t seem to report the same kinds of successes. What are Houston and Dallas doing differently -- or are they overstating their successes?
And a new performance called Can We Know the Sound of Forgiveness fuses writing, art, music, and dance to explore the concept of forgiveness, and our relationship with the earth.
Released:
Jan 18, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

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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.