{"id":581825,"date":"2026-02-11T08:34:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T08:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/581825\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T08:34:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T08:34:20","slug":"hello-houston-the-commuter-cut-february-10-2026-houston-public-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/581825\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello Houston \u2013 The Commuter Cut (February 10, 2026) \u2013 Houston Public Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-517232\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HH_Podcast-Cover_The-Commuter-Cut-1000x1000.jpg\" alt=\"Hello Houston: The Commuter Cut\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\"   data-eio=\"p\"\/>Hello Houston: The Commuter Cut<\/p>\n<p>In today&#8217;s edition of &#8220;The Commuter Cut,&#8221; we hear from Votebeat reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.votebeat.org\/authors\/natalia-contreras\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Natalia Contreras<\/a>, who shares her thoughts on why the Trump Administration has been asking several states to turn over their voter rolls.<\/p>\n<p>Also, we&#8217;re joined by Houston-area actress <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brendapalestina.com\/about-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brenda Palestina<\/a>, who tells us about the Alley Theater production of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alleytheatre.org\/plays\/real-women-have-curves\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Real Women Have Curves<\/a>, and playing the role of Ana in the comedic play.<\/p>\n<p>Sign up for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpublicmedia.org\/hellohouston\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hello, Houston!<\/a> daily newsletter to get local reports like this delivered directly to your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>Then, we discuss the <a href=\"https:\/\/madd.org\/halt\/#:~:text=The%20Honoring%20Abbas%20Family%20Legacy,%2C%20airbags%2C%20and%20backup%20cameras.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HALT Drunk Driving Law<\/a>, which would require every new car to be equipped with anti-drunk driving technology, with Stephanie Manning, Chief Government Affairs Officer for <a href=\"https:\/\/madd.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)<\/a>, and Rana Abbas-Taylor, whose family&#8217;s tragedy inspired this legislation.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hello Houston: The Commuter Cut In today&#8217;s edition of &#8220;The Commuter Cut,&#8221; we hear from Votebeat reporter Natalia&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8972,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5130],"tags":[69217,9971,251976,7737,251978,9973,10098,4345,425,9975,251979,251980,50,252318,251981,252319,358,3187,251984,333],"class_list":["post-581825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-alley-theatre","tag-arts-culture","tag-brenda-palestina","tag-drunk-driving","tag-halt-drunk-driving-law","tag-hello-houston","tag-hello-houston-commuter","tag-houston","tag-local","tag-local-arts","tag-mothers-against-drunk-driving","tag-natalia-contreras","tag-news","tag-rana-abbas-taylor","tag-real-women-have-curves","tag-stephanie-manning","tag-texas","tag-tx","tag-voter-rolls","tag-voting"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116051080959682633","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=581825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=581825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=581825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=581825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}