Five stories that have North Texas talking: More people are heading to Texas, a patient in Dallas is being tested for the Ebola virus, the gubernatorial candidates debate tonight, and more.
More people are choosing to call Texas home -- about 387,000 people, according to the latest Census for 2013. Proud Texans might attribute this to a number of reasons (barbecue, State Fair, and warm weather sounds pretty good to us), but has reported the reasons are more concrete: jobs and affordable housing.
Texas and other Midwestern states have the advantage of cheap land around cities, which translates to affordable housing. Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, Houston and San Antonio were among the top 20 fastest growing metro areas. Austin is experiencing the biggest population boom, thanks mostly to jobs. The population there rose by 2.6 percent between 2012 and 2013.
- A patient in Dallas is being tested for possible Ebola. Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital saying it has admitted a patient into 鈥渟trict isolation鈥� to evaluate Ebola-like symptoms. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it anticipates results sometime today.
- The candidates for Texas governor will debate tonight at 四虎影院. There should be plenty to discuss going into tonight; , of trying to cover up improper spending of Texas Enterprise Fund money. Listeners have also sent in their own questions. This debate will be their last televised before the Nov. 4 elections. 四虎影院鈥檚 Shelley Kofler will be moderating the live televised debate. The Texas Debates: The Race for Governor, airs tonight at 8 p.m. on 四虎影院 TV. You can also listen on 四虎影院 90.1 FM and stream here on 四虎影院News.org. And while you鈥檙e watching, tweet us with the hashtag #texasdebates.
- A former SMU arts dean is gung-ho for video college applications. Jose Bowen, who鈥檚 now president of Goucher College, has received some national attention for his school鈥檚 launch of a new app. The Goucher app accepts short video submissions in lieu of the standard college application essay. Other schools have been accepting YouTube videos along with other application materials like SAT scores, but Goucher may be the first to use the videos as a substitute application.
- The Granada Theater is celebrating its 10th anniversary tonight with a concert featuring Allen Stone, who can be best described as 鈥渁 hippie with soul.鈥� Bad Rabbits and Jared & The Mill will . Our sister station, KXT 91.7, will be there to present Stone. The party starts at 7 p.m.
