No matter how hard some may try, money is inescapable. We use it to buy stuff, and most often we pay taxes with it. Ozarks at Large's Timothy Dennis takes a look at news stories related to citiesí tax revenue from the past week.
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The Fayetteville Advertising and Promotion Commission waits for more input before deciding whether to give $1 million to the U of A, but the commission gives out more than $145,000 to a number of other groups. State officials work to close a funding gap in Arkansas' Medicaid system, and the city of Fort Smith takes another look at zoning for sexually oriented businesses.
David Shipler, author of the book “The Working Poor” spent time in northwest Arkansas last month for the annual One Book, One Community event. During his visit he participated in a public discussion at the Fayetteville Public Library.

Crystal Bridges of American Art in Bentonville is one year (and one day) old today. We take a look back at the museum's last twelve months.

The Great American Smokeout is this Thursday. Ozarks at Large's Christina Thomas speaks with Rhonda Brammell of the American Cancer Society about the national day aimed at encouraging smokers to quit.

Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Sunday, May 18, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, we'll hear wedding bells in our Sunday Morning Montage, and we'll talk about talking about faith. And, we visit two different buildings in downtown Fayetteville that have been around for about three-quarters of a century.
Comic Kristin Key will be at the UARK Bowl in Fayetteville this Sunday evening for a performance. She talks to us about her comedy style, and what it's like to be a female comic.
4229224! Our math expert Chaim Goodman Strauss piques our interest yet again with his math puzzles.
Joel Bunch from Art Amiss talks about the art collective’s new release “The Hills Have Amps: Heavy Metal from Northwest Arkansas.” The album is Art Amiss’ first metal compilation to be released on vinyl.
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Fayetteville’s Asbell Elementary School received a $100,000 grant from Target and Ellen DeGeneres Show. The move is part of Target’s initiative to donate $1 billion to education.
Michael Tilley from our content partner www.thecitywire.com discusses the expansion of The City Wire, the Sebastian County Quorum Court decides to not move forward on an aquatic facility, and more.