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On Thursday’s show: We hear what some local businesses connected to the hemp industry have to say about the component of the proposed government spending bill that could ban almost all THC-containing hemp products nationwide. Sign up for the Hello, Houston! daily newsletter to get local reports like this delivered directly to your inbox.

Also this hour: We discuss the latest developments in the back-and-forth prioritization of cars and light rail trains in downtown.

Then, we talk with popular social media science communicator Hank Green , who was in Houston recently t

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