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Almanac looks back at Kathy Whitmire's career as a public servant in Houston as her final mayoral term comes to a close. Pat Ryan interviews Kathy Whitmire, current mayor of Houston, Sue Davis, pro...
This is a year-in-review episode, looking at the people and issues that Almanac has covered in 1990. J. D. Houston provides commentary on the end of the year. They look back on issues like zoning, ...
First segment is discussion about the explosion of the Phillips petrochemical plant in Pasadena, with B. T. Walker, a former Phillips plant employee and Charles Roberts, member of the Oil, Chemical...
This is Almanac's one year anniversary episode, and Kevin Dorsey provides commentary on changes that have taken place in Houston over the year. The first segment is a debate about having another ra...
This episode is a special pre-election edition of Almanac, with viewers having sent in questions for mayoral candidates Kathy Whitmire and Fred Hofheinz. Incumbent Kathy Whitmire is interviewed by ...
The first segment, entitled "News Notes," is a review of news for the week with J. D. Houston and Betty Ann Bowser. Second segment is interview with Mayor Kathy Whitmire. Third segment is Almanac's...
Episode is 1989 year in review. This episode looks at Almanac's programming for the year with highlights from the news and the producer's favorite episodes. Episode includes commentary from Linda E...
First segment contains Patricia Gras's pre-recorded interview about early voting and the race for President with Texas Secretary of State, John Hannah. Second segment focuses on the Grand Parkway, ...
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 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 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.
Pat Ryan discusses upcoming elections in and around Harris County with Keith Watson Wade, a Democratic political consultant, Denis Calabrese, a Republican political consultant, Tim Fleck, Editor an...
In the first segment, Almanac begins a review of candidates aiming to replace Mickey Leland in congress. State Senator Craig Washington joins a discussion with J. D. Houston, Betty Ann Bowser, Jane...
First segment is interview with Mark White and members of Almanac's "Political Panel," Tom Kennedy, columnist for the Houston Post, and Garvin Berry, of KTRH Radio, about White's campaign for gover...
First segment is interview with Dr. Paul Glezen, an epidemiologist at the Influenza Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine, and City Councilmember, Dale Gorczynski, about the A-Shanghai flu ...
The first segment is a discussion about the results of the recent Houston-area survey and Houston's economic recovery with Rice University sociologist, Prof. Stephen Klineberg. In the second segmen...
The first segment is a discussion of the new city budget with City Controller George Greanias, and City Councilmember Jim Greenwood. The second segment is a discussion on redistricting in Texas, wi...
This is the season premiere of Almanac, which J. D. Houston describes as a fast-paced news magazine program. The first segment is a review of news for the week. The second segment is an interview w...
First segment includes highlights from the week's news, and interview with Elizabeth Spates, who challenged Leland in the last election, Representative Sylvester Turner, and David Jones, President ...
Pilot episode of Almanac. J. D. Houston and Betty Ann Bowser host. First segment is 1988 year in review with Bowser and Houston. Second segment is a political panel discussing recent election of Ge...
First segment is discussion with State Rep. Al Edwards, about his congressional campaign. Jane Ely of the Houston Chronicle and former Houston mayor Jim McConn join the discussion. The second segme...
First segment is discussion on taxes with Lee F. Burrows, a lawyer, and Ken Graeber, Executive Director of the Harris County Appraisal District. Second segment, featuring Jane Ely of the Houston Ch...
First segment discusses the West Coast earthquake of 1989 with Dr. Carl Norman, Associate Professor of Geology at the University of Houston. In the second segment, Galveston City Manager Doug W. Ma...
First segment is interview with Charles Miller, Chairman of the Governor's Task Force on Public Education, about new funding proposals for public schools in Texas. Second segment is interview with ...
First segment is interview with Clayton Williams, candidate for governor, Robert Stein, Professor of Political Science at Rice University, and Tom Kennedy, columnist for the Houston Post, about Wil...
First segment is interview with Sherry Johnson, newly re-elected Chair of the Republican Party of Harris Co., and Jack Carter, outgoing Chair of Harris Co. Democratic Party, about the recent Harris...
The first segment is a discussion on school funding and sales tax increases, with Houston State Rep. Roman Martinez, and Houston State Rep. Robert A. Eckels. The second segment is a discussion abou...
The first segment is discussion of school funding with Dr. Wayne Blevins, Superintendent of Alief Independent School District, Dr. Robert Houston of the University of Houston's College of Education...
The first segment is a discussion on the issues covered at the Economic Summit, with Dick Woodbury, Houston Bureau Chief for Time magazine, and Ginny Carroll, Houston Bureau Chief for Newsweek maga...
The first segment is a report on chemical plant safety, with Stanley Anderson, Risk Analysis Manager for Rohm and Haas Texas, Inc. and Tom Gentry, President of the local chapter of the Oil, Chemica...
Episode includes commentary by Michael O'Neill regarding government spending. The first segment discusses the new appointment to Supreme Court with University of Houston Law Professors Laura Oren a...
Kevin Dorsey provides commentary on a proposed tax hike on cigarettes, gas, and alcohol. First segment discusses an oil spill in Galveston and Houston Ship channel with Wayne Johnson, III, Galvesto...
Commentary by Joe Leydon discussing the rating system for independent movie makers. First segment discusses the redevelopment of Founders Park with architect and Founders Park Planner, Gary Hack. S...
Commentary by Sissy Farenthold on General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). First segment discusses a proposed plan to raise money for local oil spill response efforts with Harris County Judge...
Commentary by Harry Caldwell. First segment is a discussion with Edward F. Daly, a Houstonian working in Kuwait at the time of the Iraqi invasion, and how he got out of the country safely. Second s...
Commentary by John Davenport on the candidate's campaign tactics for the upcoming gubernatorial election. First segment discusses a potential city zoning ordinance proposals with Houston City Counc...
Commentary by Executive Director of Programming, Jeff Clarke, on the new TV season and local programs on Channel 8. First segment discusses the potential effects a free trade agreement with Mexico ...
First segment is interview with Felix Fraga, Houston Independent School District (HISD) trustee, and Professor Rod Paige, about HISD Superintendent Dr. Joan Raymond's resignation, and what comes ne...
First segment is interview with Dr. Joan Raymond, Houston Independent School District (HISD) Superintendent, about the potential for finding a new General Superintendent of Public Schools. Second s...
First segment is interview with City Councilmembers Beverly Clark, Jim Greenwood, and Ben Reyes, about changes to Houston City Council after the death of Judson Robinson, Jr. Second segment is inte...
The first segment is an interview on war in the Middle East, with Prof. Jean Luc Krawcyzk of the University of Houston, Aly El-Meligui of the Cairo publication Rosa El Youssef, and Prof. Ric Stoll ...
The first segment is an interview on the press and freedom of speech in light of two Houston journalists being charged with contempt, with Tony Pederson, Managing Editor of the Houston Chronicle, C...
In the first segment, Sheila Rushlo and J. D. Houston discuss the Middle East with Mordekhai Artzieli, the Israeli Consul General, Aly El-Meligui of the Cairo publication Rosa El Youssef, and Prof....
The first segment is an interview with Elizabeth Swasey of the National Rifle Association, about the passage of the Brady Bill. The N. R. A., who supported the Staggers Bill which calls for mandato...
In the first segment, J. D. Houston and Patricia Gras interview Mayor Kathy Whitmire on racism in the police department, term limitations, METRO's rail transit system, city council restructuring, a...
The first segment is an interview with the Comptroller of Public Accounts John Sharp on the state budget and the revenue shortfall. The second segment is an interview with Dr. Arthur Jansa, Preside...
The first segment is an interview with Jim Murphy, President of Citizens for Voter Education, on the restructuring of city council. The second segment is a political panel discussion with Tim Fleck...
The first segment is a discussion about rising crime in Houston with Harris County's First Assistant District Attorney, Don Stricklin, Sgt. Joseph Levingston of the Houston Police Department (HPD) ...
The first segment is an interview with Bill G. Evans, Vice President of Cresap Management Consultants about the recent Houston Police Department (HPD) audit. The second segment is a discussion abou...
The first segment is an interview with State Rep. Sylvester Turner, mayoral candidate. The second segment is a discussion about violence in schools, with Dr. Gayle Fallon, President of the Houston ...
The first segment is a discussion about crime in Houston, with Houston Police Chief Elizabeth Watson. The second segment is an interview with mayoral candidate Bob Lanier. The third segment is a lo...
The first segment is an interview with incumbent mayoral candidate Kathy Whitmire, who is running for her sixth term. The second segment is an interview with Lisa Hernandez, the Executive Director ...
The first segment is a discussion about hate crimes against homosexuals, with Queer Nation members Michael Crawford, and Ange Politte. The second segment is a discussion on the status of Black wome...
The first segment is an interview with Congressman Jack Fields of the Humble area to talk about the economy and other issues concerning voters. The second segment is a discussion about oil in Ameri...
The first segment is an interview with Houston's new police chief, Chief Sam Nuchia. The second segment is a discussion about the presidential race, with Jane Ely of the Houston Chronicle and Dr. R...
In the first segment Patricia Gras and J. D. Houston discuss neighborhood revitalization in Houston with Maria Emerson, co-chair of the Metropolitan Organization, and developer, Robert Siivers. Sec...
The first segment is a discussion on the environment, with Mary A. Van Kerrebrook of the Houston Sierra Club, Dr. Stephen Klineberg of Rice University, and Dr. Steven B. Sands. The second segment i...
The first segment is a discussion about cable television in Houston, with Ronald N. McMillan of Warner Cable, and Tom Cantrell of Access Houston. The second segment is a discussion about Kiev Unive...
First segment is a discussion with the Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, Michael White, on the issues cities face as the government cuts funding to cities. Second segment discusses the oil business and how...
First segment discusses the potential shutdown of schools if a suitable funding plan is not created with state representatives Robert Eckels and Sylvester Turner. Second segment discusses Democrat ...
First segment discusses Ross Perot dropping out of the presidential election, and what it could mean for the other candidates, with Nancy Sims of Quantum Consultants, Denis Calabrese of Calabrese a...
First segment is a discussion on the prospect for peace in the Middle East with Israel Consul General, Mordekhai Artzieli and Egypt Consul General, Ahmed Gomaa. Second segment is a discussion about...
First segment discusses an upcoming election that includes approving a bond referendum that will be used to pay off legal claims against the city with former Houston Fire Chief, Robert Clayton, who...
In the first segment, Pat Ryan discusses pending vote on city bond referendum with Athalea Curry, President of the Taxpayer's Coalition of Greater Houston, and City Controller, George Greanias. Sec...
In this first segment, Sue Davis discusses the upcoming Republican convention to be held in the Astrodome, with Denis Calabrese of Calabrese and Associates. In the second segment, Pat Ryan discusse...
In the first segment, Patricia Gras discusses discipline in high schools. Feature on Principal Mary Ellen Thornton at Patrick Henry Middle School and the disciplinary contracts implemented there. S...
In the first segment, Patricia Gras discusses the canceled presidential debate between Bill Clinton and George Bush. On the street interviews with voters to find out if they are influenced by debat...
In the first segment, Patricia Gras discusses U. S. trade in Latin America with City Councilwoman, Eleanor Tinsley, Founder and President of Houston International Initiatives, and George Donnelly, ...
In the first segment, Patricia Gras discusses Mayor Bob Lanier's proposal to annex another fifteen square miles for Houston with Councilmember John Goodner, and Representative Peggy Hamric. Segment...
Patricia Gras discusses the AIDS demonstrations that took place outside the recent Republican National Convention in Houston with Doug Elder, President of the Houston Police Officers Association, C...
First segment contains Patricia Gras's pre-recorded interview about fitness after age forty with Nolan and Ruth Ryan. Second segment addresses Domestic Violence Awareness Month in light of fifteen ...
Patricia Gras discusses proposal from Austin to close all Texas state public schools if the legislature cannot come up with an acceptable funding plan by June 1st, with Representative Sylvester Tur...
Patricia Gras discusses crime in Houston public housing with Robert Reyna, Director of Housing Management for the Housing Authority, Diane Sheffield, President of the Cuney Homes Resident Council, ...
Patricia Gras discusses the difficulties of growing up young, Black, and male in America with Dr. Lee P. Brown, Professor at Texas Southern University and Houston's former Chief of Police. Includes...
Patricia Gras discusses teen pregnancy and STDs, and a new Gallup poll that shows 68 percent of Americans approve of the distribution of condoms in schools, with Dr. Robert Weinberger, a clinical p...
First segment contains a pre-recorded interview by Sue Davis with author Pete Brewton about his assessment of the Savings and Loan Crisis. Segment includes note on former Houston developer, Robert ...
Patricia Gras interviews Dominique de Menil and former U. S. President Jimmy Carter about human rights and the Carter-Menil Human Rights Foundation. Includes report on the awarding of the Carter-Me...
Patricia Gras discusses new standards in banking regulation with Richard Shockley, Assistant Professor of Administration at Rice University. Includes report on new Federal Deposit Insurance Corpora...
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 ...