
Ozarks At Large

A workshop this month in Fort Smith is designed to help candidates, and potential candidates, of all kinds learn more about the electoral process.
A Tom Bresh concert in the River Valley and the Waka Winter Classic in NWA are on Becca's music agenda this week.


Yesterday, Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration officials yesterday outlined Governor Mike Beebe's budget priorities to state legislators. Funding for the state's Private Option expansion of Medicaid could be in danger after a special election for state Senate yesterday. And the University of Arkansas Fort Smith is in the process of developing its its first Master's degree program.



Lineups for music festivals are just part of what to keep your eye on this week.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks at Large, Davy Carter, Speaker of the Arkansas House, talks with Roby Brock about the continuing process to decide funding for the Private Option. And Jim DePriest, a deputy Attorney General for Arkansas, explains how his office combats potential fraud against seniors.
Columnist Wayne Bell from www.fayettevilleflyer.com talks about TV shows that you may not be watching, but probably should.
“At Least It Was Here” by The 88
Arkansas’ unemployment rate at a nearly three-year low; new patrons at the Bentonville Public Library will need to show proof of residency; Siloam Springs one of the twenty best small towns in America; and more – on today’s Segment A.
“Down Under” by Men at Work
Over the weekend, the New York Times published an 8000-word investigative report alleging Walmart, the world’s largest retailer conducted a massive bribery campaign in its quest to expand retail operations in Mexico. The retailer says it is investigating the matter.
Tomorrow, a panel of researchers from the University of Arkansas will discuss the topic “American Diet” in the Science Café series of discussions.
“Nutrition” by The James Taylor Quartet
Dr. Jack Rakove is a professor of political science at Stanford University and the author of six books, including Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution which won the Pulitzer Prize in history in 1997. Last week he delivered the spring Hartman-Hotz lecture in Law and Liberal Arts on the University of Arkansas campus