{"id":140267,"date":"2026-01-27T21:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T21:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/140267\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T21:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T21:34:09","slug":"hello-houston-the-commuter-cut-january-27-2026-houston-public-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/140267\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello Houston \u2013 The Commuter Cut (January 27, 2026) \u2013 Houston Public Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-517232\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/HH_Podcast-Cover_The-Commuter-Cut-1000x1000.jpg\" alt=\"Hello Houston: The Commuter Cut\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\"   data-eio=\"p\"\/>Hello Houston: The Commuter Cut<\/p>\n<p>In today\u2019s edition of \u201cThe Commuter Cut,\u201d we discuss the latest issues impacting the Federal Reserve with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bakerinstitute.org\/expert\/john-w-diamond\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">John Diamond<\/a>, senior fellow in public finance at Rice University\u2019s Baker Institute, who also helps us understand what\u2019s at stake for the Fed and the markets.<\/p>\n<p>Then, we hear from <a href=\"https:\/\/kovachforjudge.com\/#about_me\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jim Kovach<\/a>, who&#8217;s running for re-election as judge for Harris County Civil Court at Law No. 2. He tells Ernie, Frank, and Celeste about his platform, what makes him qualified to continue serving as judge, his endorsements, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Sign up for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpublicmedia.org\/hellohouston\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hello, Houston!<\/a> daily newsletter to get local reports like this delivered directly to your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, we also talk with Karen Kennard, assistant executive director of <a href=\"https:\/\/cachouston.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Children&#8217;s Assessment Center<\/a>, about how we can protect children from falling victim to human trafficking, as well as the signs to be aware of to prevent this crime.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hello Houston: The Commuter Cut In today\u2019s edition of \u201cThe Commuter Cut,\u201d we discuss the latest issues impacting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1626,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[294,288,6804,6606,405,59138,2245,2246,56,58,57,6974,59139,15097,59140,66,223,59182],"class_list":{"0":"post-140267","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-crime","9":"tag-elections","10":"tag-federal-reserve","11":"tag-finances","12":"tag-harris-county","13":"tag-harris-county-civil-court-judge","14":"tag-hello-houston","15":"tag-hello-houston-commuter","16":"tag-houston","17":"tag-houston-headlines","18":"tag-houston-news","19":"tag-human-trafficking","20":"tag-jim-kovach","21":"tag-john-diamond","22":"tag-karen-kennard","23":"tag-local","24":"tag-news","25":"tag-the-children"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}