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On Monday’s show: We learn how last week’s tire fire in southeast Houston may be affecting air quality. And the Galveston City Council approved zoning exemptions for the Discovery Sands development that has sparked controversy across the island.

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Also this hour: We discuss how last week’s Supreme Court decision allowing the president to end the nation’s Temporary Protected Status program might affect families, businesses, and industries across Greater Houston.

Then, ahead of America’s 250th birthday, we discuss what was happening in 1776 in what became Texas, which was under Spanish rule, and who else inhabited what became Greater Houston.

And we dig deeper on news that the NHL might add an expansion team in Houston or Austin.

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