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The state legislature yesterday continued considering changes to the Private Option in order for the Medicaid expansion to continue, at least for the remainder of the year, changes that Governor Mike Beebe doesn't necessarily agree with, though he does concede the amendments make the bill more pallatable to some politicians. And Crystal Bridges gets a new installation just in time for Valentine's Day.
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One researcher at the University of Arkansas has been taking a look at what would happen to the planet's surface vegetation if greenhouse gas emissions continue at their current rate through the end of the century.
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State legislators yesterday suggested several amendments that would allow the state's private option expansion of Medicaid to continue, and one of the state's circuit judges calls for a moratorium on building new prison facilities in Arkansas.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Wednesday, March 26, 2016
On this edition of Ozarks, a conversation with House speaker designate Jeremy Gillam. Plus, we tour a compounding pharmacy in Johnson.
Recently, the duo Air Loom stopped by the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio for a conversation and a live performance.
After listening to speculation about Tom Cotton's political future for months, he finally, formally announced his intention to run for a Senate seat. This week's montage focuses on other cottons:
Zooey Deschanel's Cotton commercial
Michael Jordan's Hanes Lay Flat T-shirt commercial
Golden Corral cotton candy commercial
"Cotton Candy Land" by Elvis Presley
:Peter Cottontail" by Gene Autry
A clip from Francis Ford Coppola's movie The Cotton Club
"Cotton Mouth Man" by James Cotton (featuring Joe Bonamassa)
"Cotton Fields" by Creedence Clearwater Revival
"Pickin' Time" by Johnny Cash
"Cotton Eye Joe" by Rednex
Flooding affects many parts of Northwest Arkansas, manufacturing defects apparently affected the Pegasus Pipeline when it was tested in 2006, and the state lottery commission is finding itsself on the wrong end of a lawsuit.
"Sistine Chapel Ceiling" by Adorable
Michael Tilley with The city Wire explains how Arkansas has lost fifty-thousand manufacturing jobs in ten years and why full-time jobs are growing in number as quickly as part-time jobs.
Clint Fullin is an example of the second (or third) generation of documentary filmmakers with connections to the University of Arkansas Department of Journalism.
"When I Dream of Michelangelo" by Counting Crows