HISD Limits Media Coverage, I-10 Bridge Hit Again, and Another Candidate for Senator
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Why is HISD creating a new plan to limit how the district is covered by local media? Plus, the Houston Avenue bridge on I-10 keeps getting hit by trucks … what is going on?! Host Raheel Ramzanali is talking to Gwen Howerton, Texas culture reporter at Chron.com, about these stories and others, including a new religious community center in Montrose.
Stories we talked about on today’s show:
- Houston ISD to control coverage of district by hiring own news crew
- Houston Avenue bridge struck by semi-truck, temporarily blocking eastbound lanes on the Katy Freeway
- Houston U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt joins Republican Senate primary against John Cornyn and Ken Paxton
- Sprawling Muslim community center eyes fall opening in Houston
- 2025 2nd Annual Faith and Affordable Housing Summit
- Indie Rock Band Passion Pit Calls for Houstonians to Help
- Before becoming a hip-hop legend, a Houston producer helped Selena find her pitch
- Passenger attempts to open door on United flight after landing at Bush Airport, police say
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