Trump Pardons Texans, HPD Stunt Driving, & James Beard Semifinalists
Episode description
What an amazing snow week! Host Raheel Ramzanali and ABC 13’s Pooja Lodhia recap the snow storms biggest winners and losers, from the power staying on to police doing donuts. Plus, some120 Texans from the Jan. 6 capitol riot received pardons from President Trump, raisinginteresting questions. And don’t miss our favorite Houston nominees in the James Beard Awards semifinalists!
Dive deeper into the stories we talked about in today’s show:
- Houstonians find unexpected joy in historic winter storm, breaking from past years' outages and fear
- HISD to reopen as Houston mayor spreads love for city's storm efforts
- Houston saw measurable snow for the first time since 2021. So why weren't there any mass outages?
- Houston officials report uptick in crashes across city due to icy conditions
- Volunteers clean up debris left from the snow day in Houston’s Hermann Park
- Caught on camera: Houston Police Department officers seen stunt driving in snow
- More than 100 Texans active in the Jan. 6 insurrection among those pardoned
- Trump pardons nearly all charged with Jan 6 US Capitol riot
- Vance says Capitol rioters guilty of violence should not be pardoned
- Houston's James Beard Award semifinalists
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