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While about a dozen students of KIPP Delta Public Schools, an open-enrollment charter school network in Blytheville and Helena visited the UA Fayetteville campus yesterday, university officials formally announced a partnership with the public charter school that aims to increase college attainment for students in underserved communities.

The designation for a stretch of highway in Arkansas is changing to Interstate 49.
Arkansas Lottery Officials update the Legislative Oversight Committee on decreasing lottery revenue. A group advocates at the state capitol for fairer tax laws, and the Ben Geren Aquatics Center moves forward as the first construction bids will soon be awarded.

The traveling exhibit called Hunger U is on the University of Arkansas campus this week.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Monday, May 12, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, an Arkansas judge overturns the states's ban on same-sex marriage, so what's next?
This blood bank packs hope in a bottle.
Michael Tilley of www.thecitywire.com has an update.
The Native American art exhibition and lecture series opens tomorrow at Ultra Studios in Fayetteville. Proceeds from the event will benefit LifeSource International.
For more information on the event, visit http://eepurl.com/ePFwE. More information on Jay Benham and John Well-Off-Man is available on www.jaybenham.com and www.welloffman.com respectively.
The University of Central Arkansas’ College of Business hosts an Arkansas-China business summit today and the program “Share Our Strength” helps feed hungry Arkansan children. More on today’s Ozarks at Large Half-Time.