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On today’s Hello Houston, with the U.S. economy currently navigating several economic pressures, from a growing national debt to rising cost of goods, we talk with John Diamond, a senior fellow in public finance at Rice University’s Baker Institute, to break it all down.
Then, in this week’s edition of our regular Tuesday feature, Five Simple Questions, Hello Houston Executive Producer Jim Kovacik sits down with Houston City Councilmember Edward Pollard.
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In the second hour of the show, we turn to Texas transparency and talk with The Texas Tribune’s Ayden Runnels, who explains why one city’s attempt to charge millions of dollars for public records has become a flashpoint in the debate over surveillance technology.
Plus, Ciarán Donnelly of the International Rescue Committee discusses the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the worsening drought across Central America’s Dry Corridor, and what changes are needed to improve the way humanitarian aid is delivered.
And, as always, our hosts Tessa Barrera and Ernie Manouse discuss today’s top stories at the top of each hour, including a federal appeals court ruling that immigrants who enter the country illegally don’t have a right to seek bond, Tesla expanding its self-driving Robotaxi service through the Houston region, and U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries calling for ICE to be defunded during a stop in Houston.