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May 7, 2025 98 mins

On today’s “Hello Houston,” Ernie and Celeste discuss the big topics of the day including Mayor Whitmire’s budget, Trump’s ban on transgender military members, and a Texas bill that guarantees a tenant’s right to air conditioning at the top of each hour.

Also, in the first hour, Peter Salib, Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Houston Law Center, shares his thoughts on House Bill 1375 and its potential impact on bookstores, and Dan Potter, Director of the Houston Population Research Center at the Kinder Institute for Urban Research discusses Houston’s financial literacy.

Then, in the second hour, Craig Considine, author and scholar of religion and interfaith dialogue at Rice University, shares insight on the conclave and the search for the new Pope, and Will Wright, Chief Creative Officer of the Galveston Historical Foundation, discusses this year’s annual Galveston Historic Homes Tour.

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