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Sep 24, 2026
Vivian HoGUEST
L- let me tell you my theory, um, of, of what's, what's going on.
Vivian HoGUEST
So, um, uh, one of the studies that I did, did recently, um, uh, with a colleague of mine, Derek Jenkins, at the Baker Institute, we, um, we've been working closely with the National Academy for State Health Policy on their hospital cost tool.
Vivian HoGUEST
Um, and anybody who Googles NASHP HCT can go and access the data.
Vivian HoGUEST
It is Medicare cost report data all the way back to 2011, and but in a digestible format with variables that you would understand, like operating profit and, and revenues.
Gautam SinhaHOST
in the last four years because of the increasing valuation and the rate increase justified on the grounds of barrel and flooding.
Gautam SinhaHOST
Now, add to that, and this is the whole transparency issue which we should talk about at a little later program, is Harris County, according to the Baker Institute, not only has money from the appropriations, for example, the property tax, but there are government appropriations.
Gautam SinhaHOST
And secondly, there is a...
Gautam SinhaHOST
It's slightly, I would consider slightly irregular line item, which is all the appropriations coming in, for example, from the county HCTRA, those places, right? There's a huge surplus of fund that come in.
Emily KilcreaseHOST
And I'm Jeff Goertz.
Emily KilcreaseHOST
On today's episode, we're joined by Francisco Manaldi, a leading expert on the political economy of energy in Latin America at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Geoffrey GertzHOST
Francisco has been studying the oil sector in Venezuela for decades, and he helps us unpack the highly unusual deal that the U.S. government just struck to take ownership over part of Venezuela's oil resources.
Emily KilcreaseHOST
We talk about the decades of missteps and corruption that brought Venezuela's oil sector to this point, the deep-seated institutional changes that would be needed to bring production back to historical levels, and why you probably shouldn't assume the contract the U.S. government signed will actually last for 100 years, as it says on paper.
Rachael MealyHOST
And President Donald Trump has now responded, condemning the hike in interest rates in a social media post, saying they should be 1% or lower.
Rachael MealyHOST
John Diamond is the director of the Center for Tax and Budget Policy at Rice University's Baker Institute.
Rachael MealyHOST
We spoke earlier.
Rachael MealyHOST
John Diamond, thanks for joining AM.
John DiamondGUEST
Absolutely.
John DiamondGUEST
Thank you.
Rachael MealyHOST
John Diamond is the director of the Center for Tax and Budget Policy at Rice University's Baker Institute.
Rachael MealyHOST
[upbeat music] After weeks of cabinet disagreement and delay, the government is finally ready to release its much-anticipated migration policy.
José Luis Granados CejaHOST
They refused to tell us what actually happened there.
Kurt HackbarthHOST
And just as happened in 2024 during the presidential campaign here, where the Baker Institute says there's going to be an alliance between Moreno cartels, and they say that to the Texas Observer, and the Texas Observer dutifully writes it down in their ridiculous interview with Tony Payan, and then that's picked up by Reforma down here.
Kurt HackbarthHOST
We had something similar here.
Kurt HackbarthHOST
We have this ridiculous State Department document whatever with a poll whatever, which is then selectively and carefully leaked to NewsNation.
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Para recuperar esa producción de tres millones de barriles hace falta invertir unos US dolar cien mil millones durante unos ocho años, según dijo Luis Pacheco, académico no residente del Instituto Baker de la Universidad de Rice, punto U, a BBC Mundo.
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To recover that production of three million barrels, it is necessary to invest about US dollar one hundred thousand million over about eight years, according to Luis Pacheco, a nonresident academic at the Baker Institute of Rice University, USA, told BBC Mundo.
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Para recuperar esa producción de tres millones de barriles hace falta invertir unos US dolar cien mil millones durante unos ocho años, según dijo Luis Pacheco, académico no residente del Instituto Baker de la Universidad de Rice, punto U, a BBC Mundo.
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Pero Venezuela no dispone de esos recursos.
Matt HarabHOST
The report is expected to provide new information about maternal deaths after Texas enacted its strict abortion ban.
Matt HarabHOST
Carrie White is a non-resident fellow in maternal and repu- or reproductive health at Rice University's Baker Institute.
Matt HarabHOST
She says the delay raises concerns about transparency and whether policy makers will have enough time to respond to the findings.
speaker_4SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The report is being released, um, after many legislatures will begin filing bills for the next legislative session.
Gail DelaughterHOST
The state minimum wage has also stayed the same.
Gail DelaughterHOST
The argument to keep it at $7.25 an hour is a delicate balance, and that's according to Rice University Baker Institute public policy analyst Joyce
Joyce BeebeSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Beebe.
Joyce BeebeSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
When minimum wage is increased, your labor cost is higher, so that cuts into your bottom line.
Craig CohenHOST
First, though, every Wednesday we seek context and clarity about fast-moving developments in the world of politics.
Craig CohenHOST
Joining us for today's political roundup are Renee Cross, Senior Director of the Hobby School of Public Affairs at the University of Houston, and Mark Jones, Political Science Fellow at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Craig CohenHOST
Renee, Mark, good morning.
Craig CohenHOST
Good morning, Craig.
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Craig CohenHOST
This is Houston Matters.
Craig CohenHOST
I'm Craig Cohen.
Craig CohenHOST
We're in the middle of another Wednesday political roundup today with Renee Cross, senior director of the Hobby School of Public Affairs at the University of Houston, and Mark Jones, political science fellow at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Craig CohenHOST
OK, so a debate was held and then not on Monday in the Harris County judges race.
Juan Carlos IragorriHOST
Trump anunció que el acuerdo petrolero, según él el más grande de la historia, reducirá los precios de la gasolina en Estados Unidos.
Juan Carlos IragorriHOST
¿Es eso verdad? Hablamos ayer en Bogotá con Luis Pacheco, académico no residente del Baker Institute de la Universidad de Rice.
Luis PachecoGUEST
La respuesta corta es no, y la razón no deja de ser sencilla.
Luis PachecoGUEST
La demanda de petróleo del mundo es cien millones de barriles al día.
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