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The daily podcast for food, culture, news, and nature in the sweaty Bayou City. Join host Raheel Ramzanali and the City Cast Houston team every weekday morning as we celebrate and interrogate this sprawling place with our favorite journalists, thinkers, leaders, neighbors, and gadflies. Learn more and subscribe to our daily morning newsletter at houston.citycast.fm.
HISD Limits Media Coverage, I-10 Bridge Hit Again, and Another Candidate for Senator
City Cast Houston
26 minutes
1 month ago
HISD Limits Media Coverage, I-10 Bridge Hit Again, and Another Candidate for Senator
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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Westbury Christian School
Wise
AIA Houston
Bayou City Art Festival
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City Cast Houston
The daily podcast for food, culture, news, and nature in the sweaty Bayou City. Join host Raheel Ramzanali and the City Cast Houston team every weekday morning as we celebrate and interrogate this sprawling place with our favorite journalists, thinkers, leaders, neighbors, and gadflies. Learn more and subscribe to our daily morning newsletter at houston.citycast.fm.
