Five stories that have North Texas talking: early voting for Super Tuesday starts today; some doctors are getting extra cash from pharmaceutical companies; lots of people are leaving the coasts for Texas boomtowns; and more.
From Demi Lovato鈥檚 by Lionel Richie to Leon Bridges鈥� autobiographical Squarespace commercial, North Texas artists were present throughout the 58th music awards. Several artists were nominated: Bridges for , Kelly Clarkson for best pop album and best pop solo performance for and Kirk Franklin for best gospel performance/song,
. lovin' Lionel's tribute!
— Recording Academy / GRAMMYs (@RecordingAcad)
Leon Bridges鈥� ad, titled 鈥淟eon鈥檚 Journey,鈥� was partially filmed in Fort Worth with a shot of the singer performing at Magnolia Motor Lounge and a scene with vocalist Brittni Jessie singing in Shipping & Receiving Bar among other cameos.
Also, Liz Rose of Dallas co-wrote country outfit Little Big Town鈥檚 song of the year nominee, . Finally, in addition to grabbing its second Grammy for Arlington鈥檚 a cappella group, to the late Maurice White of Earth, Wind & Fire. .
- Early voting for the Texas primaries starts today. The Texas Tribune created a , which include candidates not only for the presidential bid but also the Texas Senate and House, State Board of Education and more. Plus, if you need a reference sheet for those candidates, The Trib provided a . And, perhaps most importantly, here鈥檚 . [Texas Tribune]
- Doctors recommend certain medications to patients to get financial benefits from pharmaceutical companies. State regulators are worried about this malpractice, so they passed a law 鈥渢hat allows the Texas State Board of Pharmacy to inspect the financial records of doctors and pharmacies to make sure things are on the up and up,鈥� . Reporter Kevin Krause spoke with Texas Standard about this issue following the publication of .
鈥淪ince my story鈥檚 ran, I鈥檝e heard from a lot of people in the medical community who are saying that this is a common practice for physicians to be receiving money from these pharmacies for prescribing compounding medications and referring patients. Quite frankly, a lot of doctors, I鈥檓 hearing, are worried about this right now 鈥� about the federal investigation.鈥�
Read and to more about this issue. [Texas Standard, The Dallas Morning News]
- A Fort Worth couple had domestic dispute over an underwhelming Valentine鈥檚 gift. : 鈥淎 45-year-old man there told the officer that he and his wife 鈥榖egan arguing over buying a house and his not having done enough for Valentine鈥檚 Day,鈥� according to a police incident report.鈥� The man threw a Valentine鈥檚 card at his 26-year-old wife, and she responded with a shove. Neither were injured but both were cited for assault by offensive contact or threat. [Fort Worth Star-Telegram]
- 鈥淭exas is pretty much the blueprint for America's cities of the future.鈥� According to Forbes magazine, Texas has four major boom towns: Dallas, Austin, Houston and San Antonio. : 鈥淔orbes contributor on demographics and social and economic trends, says part of the reason is because luxury cities like New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Seattle and Portland are increasingly becoming difficult places to buy a house.鈥� But with an influx of people, Texas needs to take care of its transportation problems and build developments with shopping, jobs and parks, Kotkin with Forbes said. . [KUT]
