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Patricia Gras previews the upcoming 73rd session of the Texas Legislature with Representative John Culberson, Representative Garnet Coleman, Representative Peggy Hamric, and Representative Mario Ga...
Patricia Gras discusses opportunities for local Houston businesses in Hungary after the collapse of the Soviet Union with Bela Ugrin, an educational television producer, Peter Kurz, Financial Consu...
Patricia Gras discusses allegations of corruption in Harris County's Family Court with Donna Ringoringo, hunger striker and protester, Marinelle Timmons, Executive Director of the Victim Assistant ...
Patricia Gras discusses The Austin Project with the Chair of The Austin Project, Walt Rostow, and Professor Emeritus of Political Economy at the University of Texas-Austin, and former National Secu...
Sue Davis discusses Clinton's six month hold on plans to lift the military ban on gay service members with two veterans on opposite sides of the issue: Dr. Charles Neilson, a Vietnam veteran from t...
Patricia Gras discusses Africa and Houston's perceptions of, and connections to, it with Marlene McClinton and Jerome Gray, two anchors for KHOU-TV 11 who are also the reporters on an eleven-part s...
Patricia Gras discusses minority-owned and women-owned business being pitted against each other for city contracts in Houston with Helen Hodges, President of the Houston Chapter of the National Ass...
Patricia Gras discusses efforts to improve the criminal justice system in Texas with Carl Reynolds, Director of the Texas Punishment Standards Commission, and Seldon B. Hale, III, former Chair of t...
Sue Davis discusses the media's handling of, and role in, the Waco standoff with Tommy Miller, Assistant Managing Editor of the Houston Chronicle, Ted Stanton, head of the Journalism Program at the...
Patricia Gras discusses using Metropolitan Transit Authority funds for non-transit projects with Billy Burge, METRO board chairman, and Representative Fred Bosse. Includes report on what exactly ME...
Patricia Gras discusses gun ownership with Sue King, member of the board of directors of National Rifle Association (NRA), Mike Howard, president of Houston Police Patrolmen's Union, and Doug Brigg...
Patricia Gras discusses proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution regarding public school funding with State Senator Bill Ratliff, Tom Pauken, Co-chair of Texans Against Robin Hood Taxes, Athal...
Patricia Gras discusses race in America in light of the one-year anniversary of the L. A. Riots and first Rodney King verdict with Ana Eigler, president of Diversity Management, Carolyn Forche, a B...
Patricia Gras discusses issues facing Houston's Latino communities with regard to cultural assimilation and cultural retention with Dr. Angela Valenzuela, a sociologist at Rice University, and Leon...
Sue Davis discusses the oil business with Daniel Yergin, President of Cambridge Energy Research Associates, and author of the book "The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power." Second segm...
Sue Davis discusses public education funding issues with Cathy Mincberg, member of the Houston School District Board. Second segment addresses recent rise in cases of tuberculosis in the U. S. and...
Sue Davis reports on human rights from Vienna as the UN meets to debate at the World Conference on Human Rights. First segment focuses primarily on the conference itself, addressing high number of ...
Patricia Gras discusses economic developments and investment opportunities in Vietnam with Tom Gautier, president of Pacific Investment News, C. H. Harvey, President of The Hoya Group, and Philoan ...
Patricia Gras discusses capital punishment, as new execution date is set for Gary Graham, with Dr. Stephen Klineberg, Professor of Sociology at Rice University, J. Harvey Hudson, Assistant District...
Patricia Gras discusses the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s new voluntary guidelines on secondhand smoke with Eleanor Tinsley Houston City Councilmember, Darrin Straughan, Director of marke...
Patricia Gras discusses Harris Co. Judge Jon Lindsay's decision not to seek re-election in order to fight charges of bribery with Tom Bass, Chair of the Political Science Department at St. Thomas U...
Patricia Gras discusses racism, especially unaware racism, with participants in the Center for the Healing of Racism's "Dialogue: Racism," Barbara Hacker, a Montessori school teacher, Mark Hays, a ...
Patricia Gras discusses racism, especially internalized racism, in light of the 30th anniversary of the March on Washington with Hitaji Aziz, Consultant for Managing Diversity at A New Way, Alfredo...
Patricia Gras discusses proposed peace plan between Israel and Palestine with Meir Romem, Consul General from Israel, and Ahmed Gomaa, Consul General from Egypt. Second segment focuses on increased...
Patricia Gras discusses NAFTA, and the signing of the Side Agreements, as it comes before Congress with Marc Campos, lobbyist and head of Campos Communications, George Farenthold, an environmental ...
Patricia Gras discusses the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Accord with four Palestinian individuals currently living in Houston: Tarif Abboushi, Palestinian refugee living in Houston for 10 years; Heith...
Patricia Gras discusses housing cooperatives, and other new housing concepts, in Houston with Efraim Garcia, a housing consultant and former Planning Director for the City of Houston. Includes repo...
Patricia Gras discusses the potential for zoning in Houston with Co-chairs of Citizens for Zoning, Alan Rudy, a developer and member of the Mayoral Committee for Land-Use Strategies, and State Repr...
Patricia Gras discusses the European Community, and its ability to navigate trade issues with regard to U. S. questions about NAFTA, with Gijs de Vries, member of the European Parliament representi...
Patricia Gras discusses public pressures on the criminal justice system with Judge Mary Bacon, Andy Kahan, Crime Victims Liaison for the Mayor's Office, Keryl Smith, Executive Director of the NAACP...
Pat Ryan interviews four candidates running for Houston City Council: Cynthia Canales Gorczynski and Lloyd Kelley, the candidates for City Council At-Large Position 3; and Jim Kennedy and Eleanor T...
Patricia Gras discusses advances and failures of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process with Tarif Abboushi, a Palestinian-American, Carol Brownstein, whose daughter lives in Israel, Randy Czarlinsk...
Patricia Gras discusses local initiatives to bring Houston's Black and Asian communities together, especially in light of the shooting in Fort Bend County, with Glenda Joe, co-founder of Peace in t...
Patricia Gras and three new city councilmembers of Houston, Ray Driscoll, Felix Fraga, and Martha Wong discuss what they see as major issues facing Houston and their own districts.
Sue Davis discusses the state of Houston's fiscal health with Richard Lewis, director of Mayor Bob Lanier's Finance and Administration Department, George Greanias, City Controller, George Scott, pr...
Pat Ryan moderates discussion about expectations for Bill Clinton's presidency. Guests include Democratic consultant Nancy Sims, Republican consultant Mike Baselice, Director of the Center for Inte...
Pat Ryan moderates discussion about U.S. Senator Lloyd Bentsen's successor as he moves to become Secretary of the Treasury. Guests include Political Science department chair at the University of Ho...
Pat Ryan moderates discussion about a lawsuit against the hybrid at-large city council system in Houston, claiming it discriminates against minorities. Guests include Sonny Messiah, publisher of th...
Pat Ryan moderates discussion about Supreme Court ruling on Texas school system. Guests include former Dean of the Texas Senate Chet Brooks, St. Thomas political science professor Tom Bass, Preside...
Pat Ryan moderates discussion about the process of judicial selection. Guests include 11th Judicial Court Judge Mark Davidson, Houston Criminal Court at Law No. 9 Judge Al Leal, Texas Southern Univ...
Pat Ryan moderates discussion about the city's cable television franchise agreement with Warner Cable Company. Guests include Houston Regulatory Affairs division manager Kathy Mosley, Houston Busin...
Pat Ryan moderates discussion about President Bill Clinton's economic plan. Guests include Houston Chronicle columnist Jane Ely, Republican campaign consultant Denis Calabrese, Democratic campaign ...
Pat Ryan moderates discussion about city council redistricting. Guests include political consultant Margaret Menger Wilson, political activist in the Houston community John Castillo, columnist for ...
Pat Ryan moderates discussion about proposed legislation to end school finance lawsuit. Guests include KCOH radio talk show host Michael Harris, St. Thomas political science professor Tom Bass, KPR...
Pat Ryan moderates discussion about collective bargaining. Guests include University of Houston Downtown Director of Continuing Education Bob Kendrick, columnist for the Houston Post Tom Kennedy, a...
Pat Ryan moderates discussion about the Supreme Court. Guests include South Texas College of Law professor Teresa Collett, University of Houston Law Center professor Irene Rosenberg, Texas Southern...
Pat Ryan moderates discussion about judicial selection. Guests include 127th District Court Judge Sharolyn Wood, Southwest Voter Registration Education Project Executive Director Lisa Hernandez, an...
Pat Ryan moderates discussion about proposed legislation to establish a state income tax in the future. Guests include St. Thomas political science professor Tom Bass, political activist and former...
Pat Ryan moderates discussion about the school finance crisis. Guests include Alan Bernstein, political writer for the Houston Chronicle, Republican political activist Rob Mosbacher, Jr., and Polit...
Pat Ryan moderates discussion about race and politics. Guests include University of Houston African American History professor Morris Graves, columnist for the Houston Post Tom Kennedy, Houston Com...
Pat Ryan moderates discussion about city finances. Guests include political consultant Margaret Menger Wilson, Democrat campaign consultant George Strong, columnist for the Houston Post Tom Kennedy...
Pat Ryan moderates discussion about the Texas Senate runoff. Guests include political consultant Lee A. Woods, political consultant Edna Campos, publisher of the Houston Defender Newspaper Sonny Me...
Pat Ryan moderates discussion about the upcoming election. Guests include publisher of the Houston Defender Newspaper Sonny Messiah, political consultant Edna Campos, University of Houston professo...
Pat Ryan moderates discussion about the politics of zoning. Guests include Rice University professor of Political Science Bob Stein, professor of Political Science at Texas Southern University Sand...
Pat Ryan moderates discussion about proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution. Guests include Republican State Representative Robert Eckels, Republican State Senator Jerry Patterson, and Democr...
Pat Ryan moderates discussion about money issues in politics. Guests include University of Houston Economics professor Barton Smith, President of the Tax Research Association of Houston and Harris ...
Pat Ryan moderates discussion about the results of the recent local elections. Guests include campaign consultant Edna Campos, Houston Community Newspapers columnist Garvin Berry, University of Hou...
Pat Ryan moderates discussion about races for county judge. Guests include St. Thomas political science professor Tom Bass, political activist Elizabeth Ghrist, Editor of the Houston Insider Tim F...
Pat Ryan moderates discussion about the upcoming local primary races. Guests include professor of Political Science at Texas Southern University Sanders Anderson, columnist for the Houston Post Tom...
Margaret Ford interviews Representative Debra Danburg, Representative Pete Gallego, State Senator Kenneth Armbrister about Texas crime, as well as the criminal justice system in Texas and its costs.
Margaret Ford interviews Representative Wilhelmina Delco, State Senator Bill Haley, and State Senator Bill Ratliff about reforming public school finance as the Texas Supreme Court threatens to clos...
Margaret Ford interviews Representative Mike Martin, State Senator Carl Parker, State Senator Teel Bivins with regard to a recent products liability bill and its impact on consumer protections.
Margaret Ford interviews State Senator Mike Moncrief, Representative Sue Schechter, and Representative Nancy McDonald, about financial and legislative issues impacting health and human services in ...
Margaret Ford interviews Representative Steve Holzheauser, Representative Robert Earley, and Representative Robert Eckels about energy and the environment, and the Clean Air Act.
Margaret Ford interviews State Senator Rodney Ellis, State Senator Don Henderson, and Representative Zeb Zbranek about judicial selection issues in Texas.
Laura Calfee interviews the Attorney General of Texas, Dan Morales. They discuss the ongoing judicial selection lawsuit, crime, and campaigning door-to-door.
Laura Calfee interviews Attorney Ron Kirk, Independent Consultant Mignon McGarry, and VP for Legislative Affairs with Texas Automobile Dealers Association Tom Blanton about the passing of a new eth...
Margaret Ford interviews Representative Yolanda Navarro Flores, Representative Senfronia Thompson, and Representative Dianne White Delisi about gender dynamics in the House, and various bills that ...
Pat Ryan interviews Alan Bernstein of the Houston Chronicle, Republican Party Activist Rob Mosbacher, Jr., and Professor Kent Tedin, Chairman of the University of Houston Political Science Departme...
Doris Childress interviews State Senator Kenneth Armbrister and Representative Mark Stiles about certain propositions on the ballot for the upcoming voting season, particularly Propositions 1, 2, 4...
Doris Childress interviews Representative Patricia Gray, Representative Debra Danburg, and Representative Peggy Hamric about the statewide campaign to combat crime. The episode includes a segment c...