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Houston Plans To Lay Off Up To 400 Firefighters, As Others Get Pay Raises

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March 12, 2019

Houston firefighters gather during a door-to-door survey of a neighborhood that was hit by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey in Houston on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017. (LM Otero/AP)

Houston Public Media's politics and government reporter Andrew Schneider (@ASchneider_HPM) joins Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd to discuss why some Houston firefighters are getting laid off as others are getting raises.

This segment aired on March 12, 2019.