Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, I-540 undergoes a name change. And, we tinker around the Amazeum office in Bentonville.Ozarks At Large
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, I-540 undergoes a name change. And, we tinker around the Amazeum office in Bentonville.
On Saturday, the Northwest Arkansas Center for Equality and P.R.I.D.E.--People Respecting Individual Differences and Equality at the University of Arkansas held a statewide LGBT summit on the UofA campus. As Jacqueline Froelich reports, transgenderism was a key issue.
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.
Before the Amazeum broke ground on a permanent space this morning, we visit their tinkering studio to learn through experience. 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.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, Northwest Arkansas Rape Crisis Center will soon be able to expand their efforts to survivors of sexual assault, and a traveling exhibit at the University of Arkansas this week wants college students to engage in conversations about hunger.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?
Last week we previewed the new Still on the Hill documentary featuring people and places heard in their songs. Today, reaction from the premier of that film.
More information can be found at stillonthehill.com.
NAACP, SNL and more in our history capsule for October 11th.
Monday's aren't slow when it comes to things to do in the fall. Becca has several options for tonight.
"I've Got a Robe, You Got a Robe" by Charlie Haden and Hank Jones
Our first-ever daily show included a conversation with Mayor Lioneld Jordan of Fayetteville. One of the topics we talked about was parking downtown. Today, ten weeks later, a conversation with a downtown businessman about the city's new paid-parking plan.
To hear today's Writer's Almanac, visit their website here.
"Abandon Post" by Josh Lewis
