A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing developments in the week's news, we turn to a rotating panel of "non-experts" to parse The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of it all. Sign up for the Hello, Houston! daily newsletter to get local reports like this delivered directly to your inbox.

This week, our panel weighs in on these stories:

The U.S. Mint officially stopped producing pennies

The world’s largest cruise ship comes to Galveston in 2027

Michael Jackson charts a top 10 hit for the sixth consecutive decade

Our panel of non-experts this week includes:

Raúl Ramos , associate professor of history at the University of Houston

Houston Chronicle columnist Joy Sewing

Natalie Arceneaux , president of Arcen

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