{"id":105676,"date":"2025-07-30T20:10:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T20:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/105676\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T20:10:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T20:10:19","slug":"hello-houston-july-30-2025-houston-public-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/105676\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello Houston (July 30, 2025) \u2013 Houston Public Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-517231\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HH_Podcast-Cover-1000x1000.jpg\" alt=\"Hello Houston: where Houston talks!\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\"   data-eio=\"p\"\/>Hello Houston: Where Houston Talks!<\/p>\n<p>On today&#8217;s Hello Houston, Ernie, Frank, and Celeste discuss the new proposed redrawn Congressional map for Texas at the top of each hour with Houston Public Media Politics and Government Reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpublicmedia.org\/staff\/andrew-schneider\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andrew Schneider<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/senate.texas.gov\/member.php?d=6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Texas Senator Carol Alvarado<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the first hour of the show, we talk with Paul Furrh, CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarlegal.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lone Star Legal Aid<\/a>, who discusses the Trump administration&#8217;s latest budget proposal aiming to eliminate funding for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lsc.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Legal Services Corporation<\/a>, which is the backbone of free civil legal aid for millions of low-income Americans. <\/p>\n<p>Also, <a href=\"https:\/\/environmentamerica.org\/people\/john-rumpler\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Rumpler<\/a>, Clean Water Director and Senior Attorney at Environment America, breaks down the bacteria levels of Texas&#8217;s beaches and how often the water is tested.<\/p>\n<p>Then, in the show&#8217;s second hour, Dr. Courtney Standlee, Interim Director of the Mosquito and Vector Control Division at <a href=\"https:\/\/publichealth.harriscountytx.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harris County Public Health<\/a>, talks about West Nile Virus and how Harris County is tracking and responding to the virus.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, we also hear from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tamug.edu\/marb\/faculty-bios\/Wells-RJD.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Wells<\/a>, professor in the Department of Marine Biology at Texas A&amp;M Galveston, who shares some facts and details about sharks that tend to get overlooked.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hello Houston: Where Houston Talks! 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