The Government Accountability Office is looking into a measure that may grant Arkansas millions of dollars in what's called "compact impact grants" to offset health, education and welfare costs for thousands of Marshallese who've migrated to the state. Jacqueline Froelich reports.Ozarks At Large
The Government Accountability Office is looking into a measure that may grant Arkansas millions of dollars in what's called "compact impact grants" to offset health, education and welfare costs for thousands of Marshallese who've migrated to the state. Jacqueline Froelich reports.Michael Tilley from www.thecitywire.com gives us the latest on what may be next for Fort Smith's Convention Center and more.
On today's program, school officials cope with the recent inclement weather, the Ozark Highlanders Bagpipe Band performs in the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio, Governor Mike Bebee delivers his inaugural address, and more.Matthew Hartz has been a national and world champion fiddler. Later this month he's headed to northwest Arkansas to play and teach.
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A new year means new tax rules. We ask Stan Eden of Fort Smith to help us understand what's new.
The Arkansas House opened the regular session yesterday and new Speaker of the House Robert Moore spoke to his fellow lawmakers.
Hear all of the Speaker's address here.
On this edition we pay attention to day's first day of the 88th General Assembly in Little Rock. John Brummett from Arkansas New Bureau interviews Governor Mike Beebe. Tea Party supporters in Arkansas explain what they want legislators to do this winter and we talk to an incoming freshman legislator about what happens between Election Day and today.Greg Leding, one of forty-four new legislators in Little Rock today, is the latest guest on Unlicensed Opinion and explains to Kyle Kellams and Christopher Spencer of www.ozarksunbound.com what happens after the election but before he's sworn in.
Hear more from the conversation, including how new legislators find out where to sit, here.
The 88th Arkansas General Assembly convenes this week in its regular biennial session. Jacqueline Froelich spoke with several state Tea Party leaders to see how they've prepared.
Washington County officials have set up a special event this weekend to help those devastated by the New Year's Eve tornado. Jacqueline Froelich reports. Donations to the Red Cross are welcome.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Sunday, December 29, 2013
Ahead on this weekend edition of Ozarks, a conversation with one of the authors of the Mustasia series for young readers. Plus, Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers has plenty of suggestions for how to ring in the new year, and more.
More of downtown Rogers may soon be put on the National Register of Historic Places, the U of A in Fayetteville gets good press, and the Northwest Arkansas Naturals slide through the end of the season.
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The Ozark dialect is rooted in Appalachia and traces back to the British Isles, yet it can elicit a certain stigma. Susan Young with the Shiloh Museum of Ozark history, a fifth generation Arkansan, lectures widely on her culture and dialect. We bring her into the studio to talk Ozark.
Roby Brock talks to Steve Brauner about the possible (and confirmed) ballot measures Arkansas voters will see in November.
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Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, says tonight the music faculty at the University of Arkansas Fort Smith will dance, sing and more . . . for free!
Michael Hibblin talks to Dr. Ruth Hawkins about the progress made in Arkansas State University’s work on the iconic singer’s home in the Arkansas Delta.
