Arkansas' senators unveil a bill that would make reparations paid to Mayflower residents from ExxonMobil tax-free. Arkansas lawmakers are trying to fix problems with the state's parole system. The University of Arkansas announces a successful year of fundraising. And Rogers' historic district could soon be a bit larger.
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The Ozarks Genealogical Society's annual conference is scheduled for Sept. 13-14 in Springfield, Missouri, and the featured speaker is D. Joshua Taylor (http://www.djoshuataylor.com).
Roby Brock from our content partner Talk Business Arkansas speaks with Axiom executive Jerry Jones, the chairman of a task force called FASTER Arkansas, that's working to improve broadband access to public school students.Opponents to Arkansas' 12-week abortion ban are asking a federal judge to issue a permanent injunction to prevent the law from ever being enforced. Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport gets a $3.4 million grant that will be used for pavement upgrades, a master plan and more. Mount Sequoyah Gardens in Fayetteville is getting upgrades to make it a more appealing overlook. And, the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality is holding several public meetings around the state regarding a revised statewide ten-year solid waste plan.
Though it may seem like a foreign concept to transplants to the region, natives of Washington County's rural areas still carry out the tradition of Decoration Day, on which families gather at cemeteries for fellowship and in honor of previous generations.
Early next month the organization called the Military Order of the Purple Heart of the U.S.A. Inc. will hold its annual convention in Rogers. We talked to John Bircher, National Spokesman for the Military Order of the Purple Heart.
Link: To learn more about the Military Order of the Purple Heart, visit www.purpleheart.org
Link: To learn more about the Military Order of the Purple Heart, visit www.purpleheart.org
In the first of our series on the deployment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in Arkansas, Cynthia Crone, the state’s insurance department deputy commissioner, explains the fundamentals, including getting an early look at Arkansas’s insurance exchange, now referred to as marketplace.
Ozarks at Large’s insect expert Dr. Donald Steinkrasu takes a stab at playing movie critic. We take a look at insects’ role in film.Arkansas Secretary of State Mark Martin faces a lawsuit after allegedly failing to comply with the state's Freedom of Information Act. Governor Mike Beebe calls on more lawmakers to think less about slashing taxes and more about providing essential services and projects for Arkansans. And a new partnership between the Clinton School of Public Service, Walton College of Business and Rockfish Interactive hopes to encourage students to pursue public service through entrepreneurship.
On this edition of Weekend Ozarks, we learn more about the number pi, albeit casually. Plus, we meet Penelope the pet skunk, and we visit Springdale's hidden treasure.
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Sunday, April 6, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, the sounds of Spring and Summer are lone without the chirps of frogs. We visit an area pond to hear what's hopping, and we celebrate the croaking amphibian in our Sunday morning montage.
Recently, the duo Air Loom stopped by the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio for a conversation and a live performance.
After listening to speculation about Tom Cotton's political future for months, he finally, formally announced his intention to run for a Senate seat. This week's montage focuses on other cottons:
Zooey Deschanel's Cotton commercial
Michael Jordan's Hanes Lay Flat T-shirt commercial
Golden Corral cotton candy commercial
"Cotton Candy Land" by Elvis Presley
:Peter Cottontail" by Gene Autry
A clip from Francis Ford Coppola's movie The Cotton Club
"Cotton Mouth Man" by James Cotton (featuring Joe Bonamassa)
"Cotton Fields" by Creedence Clearwater Revival
"Pickin' Time" by Johnny Cash
"Cotton Eye Joe" by Rednex
Flooding affects many parts of Northwest Arkansas, manufacturing defects apparently affected the Pegasus Pipeline when it was tested in 2006, and the state lottery commission is finding itsself on the wrong end of a lawsuit.
"Sistine Chapel Ceiling" by Adorable
Michael Tilley with The city Wire explains how Arkansas has lost fifty-thousand manufacturing jobs in ten years and why full-time jobs are growing in number as quickly as part-time jobs.
Clint Fullin is an example of the second (or third) generation of documentary filmmakers with connections to the University of Arkansas Department of Journalism.
"When I Dream of Michelangelo" by Counting Crows
