Dr. Joe Thompson, Arkansas' Surgeon General, spent nearly an hour Tuesday in Fayetteville discussing what coming health care reform could mean for the state. On this edition of Ozarks, some necessary background on what brought health care in the United States and Arkansas to where we are now.
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First Christian Church in Fayetteville is scheduling talks, prayer vigils and fundrasiers to help raise awareness of the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo. War has ripped apart the nation since the late 1990s.
For more about the week's events: congoweek.org
For more information about DR Congo: friendsofthecongo.com or runforcongowomen.org.
For more about the week's events: congoweek.org
For more information about DR Congo: friendsofthecongo.com or runforcongowomen.org.
This edition of Ozarks at Large includes a report on Tea Party supporters in Arkansas, one business owner's opinion of Fayetteville's paid parking plan, and the first report in our series on efforts to address sustainability on the University of Arkansas campus.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.
Monday's aren't slow when it comes to things to do in the fall. Becca has several options for tonight.
On this edition remembering one the Little Rock Nine. A memorial service for Jefferson Thomas is scheduled for tomorrow. Plus the cast of "Digging Up Arkansas" performs in the Firmin-Garner Studio and talks about their musical play about the history of Arkansas. We also learn more about the Ahimsa Rescue Foundation in Muldrow and their benefit tonight in Fort Smith, get a preview of Monday's concert by the University of Arkansas Symphony Orchestra.
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Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, we learn about undergrounding. Plus, a conversation with the author of "Hanging On Upside Down: The Life and work of Marianne Moore."
Roby Brock of Talk Businesscovered yesterday’s selection of a new Speaker of the House in Little Rock.
Governor Mike Beebe proposes his 2013 budget to state lawmakers today, a budget that is expected to include cuts to Medicaid. The Air Force continues talks of ending the flying mission of the 188th Fighter Wing in Fort Smith. Schools in Washington County will receive money for outdoor programs from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, and a new festival is coming to Mulberry Mountain next year.
"Pike's Peak" by Ted Sharp
Arkansas Senator Mark Pryor discusses the possibilities that Washington will approach, and go over, the fiscal cliff.
Eureka Springs on Monday night, made history, as the first city in Arkansas to pass a resolution in support of marriage equality. And as Jacqueline Froelich reports, it’s also the second city in the United States to endorse such a decree.
"Atlantis" by Aqua Velvets
