this broadcast originally aired from 6-6:30pm on 90.1 fm, kpft in houston, texas. listen to kfpt news every wednesday and friday live at www.kpftx.org. see story transcripts at www.kpft.org/news
stories include...
- texas governor rick perry calls for special legislative session on redistricting
- state attorney general threatens to sue comptroller if budget is not approved
- texan scott mcclellan named new press secretary for w. bush white house
- "slamming" problems accompany deregulation of energy service providers
- houston police cheif bradford and mayor lee brown don't plan to step down
- some houstonians take a "deeper look" at juneteenth by commemorating lives of freedman's town anscestors
- houston group protests in front of french consulate to show opposition to arrest of members of MKO by france
- life of shaka sankofa commemorated this weekend with placement of gravestone
- texas death row inmate with "sleeping lawyer" accepts plea bargain
- Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement on pace to meet or surpass last year's deportation of "criminal aliens"
kpft news