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News 88.7’s Tuesday show: The Texas Legislature is returning to session today.Natalie Weber explains the laws that Fort Bend County’s political authorities are working to pass.
This hour as well:In the 1990s, singer/songwriter Ani DiFranco established herself by doing things her own way. She started her own record company, produced and mixed her own songs, and supported causes and messages that weren’t always mainstream or popular. Thus, it seems appropriate that the title of a new documentary that is showing in Houston tonight is 1-800-ON-HER-OWN. Before her performance at House of Blueson on Friday, DiFranco discusses the documentary, her musical career, and the fact that she no longer does everything by herself.
Next, we consider the life and career of former Lieutenant Governor Bill Hobby, who is the namesake of the Hobby School of Public Affairs at the University of Houston. We discuss Bill Hobby: A Life in Journalism and Public Service, written by authors Don Carleton and Erin Purdy.
Here in Space City, we are well aware that advancements in telescope technology and the launch of astronauts into space are both important sources of new information. For example, we can now see some individual stars in a galaxy that is more than six billion light years away from Earth thanks to photos from the James Webb Space Telescope. A billion with a B, that is! We find out more and relive a 2022 interview with one of the NASA engineers behind the Webb Telescope.
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