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EPISODE · Aug 22, 2025 · 17 MIN

HISD blocked from displaying Ten Commandments: The Good, Bad, and Ugly of the week

from The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly from Houston Matters · host Michael Hagerty

A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing developments in the week’s news, we turn to a rotating panel of “non-experts” to parse The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of it all.This week, our panel weighs in on these stories: HISD being among the 11 Texas school districts temporarily blocked from displaying the Ten Commandments in classrooms after a ruling in federal court The City of Houston launching a "Train Watch" webpage with real-time info on rail crossings with stopped trains A new state law that would punish restaurants misrepresenting imported shrimp as from Texas or the gulfOur panel of non-experts this week includes: Vivian Ho, health economist at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine Mustafa Tameez, media and public affairs consultant and the CEO of Outreach Strategists

A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing developments in the week’s news, we turn to a rotating panel of “non-experts” to parse The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of it all.This week, our panel weighs in on these stories: HISD being among the 11 Texas school districts temporarily blocked from displaying the Ten Commandments in classrooms after a ruling in federal court The City of Houston launching a "Train Watch" webpage with real-time info on rail crossings with stopped trains A new state law that would punish restaurants misrepresenting imported shrimp as from Texas or the gulfOur panel of non-experts this week includes: Vivian Ho, health economist at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine Mustafa Tameez, media and public affairs consultant and the CEO of Outreach Strategists

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