UH’s Defrocked Dean, Bun B’s Brick-and-Mortar, and Porn in the Courts
Time to recap the week’s Houston news! City Cast cultural contributor Antréchelle Dorsey joins producer Carlignon Jones and host Lisa Gray.
Governor Abbott claims non-government agencies are assisting in border crossings.
The rising numbers of border crossings.
The demotion of the dean of the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work.
Bun B's Trill Burger is opening its first location in Montrose.
Latino Houstonians say they have fallen victim to a Ponzi scheme.
Harris County courts are getting Zoom bombed with explicit content.
Houston Rapper Monaleo treat her are as "music therapy".
The Mariachi 10 year old prodigy,Eduardo Treviño wins a national competition.
Correction: In this episode, host Lisa Gray says that the the Texas State Bar filed a professional-misconduct lawsuit against the state’s attorney general, Ken Paxton, “in the Supreme Court.” Wrong preposition: The Bar’s case is about a Supreme Court case, but it’s not filed in the Supreme Court.
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