Teacher insurance and the future of health care in Arkansas were front and center yesterday.
Ozarks At Large
Arkansas business leaders call for immigration reform, Governor Beebe asks for emergency assistance and True Detective may earn an alum from the University of Arkansas an award.
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Some of the tens of thousands of unaccompanied Central American children seeking asylum are making their way to Arkansas. Jacqueline Froelich met with a teenager newly arrived from El Salvador who describes her journey and Springdale attorney, Laura Ferner-Moudy (photo), who is representing her. Supporters of proposals involving Arkansas' minimum wage and regulation of alcohol sales say they have enough signatures to make it to the ballot in November.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, what teeth can tell us about our ancestors. Also, how climate change is affecting the Marshall Islands.Dr. Peter Ungar, an anthropologist at the University of Arkansas, discusses how he looks at teeth to determine the diets of our ancestors and how what we and other animals eat today affects our pearly whites. He is also the author of Teeth: A Very Short Introduction published by Oxford University Press.
Roby Brock gives us an update on the Big River Steel project and more in his weekly business update.
Tony deBrum, Foreign Minister for the Republic of the Marshall Islands, is on a mission. He’s alerting the world on how his Pacific island nation is starting to submerge due to rising seas caused by climate change. And as witness to a decade of cold-war atmospheric nuclear bomb tests on the Marshalls, Minister deBrum is also calling for global nuclear disarmament. Several groups worked through the weekend to gather signatures for their respective ballot initiatives before the deadline to submit petitions today. Governor Beebe prepares to make his final foreign trade mission during his term in office, and Blanchard Springs Caverns in Stone County is the only cave owned and operated by the U.S. Forest Service that remains open despite a cave closure order aimed at preventing the spread of White Nose Syndrome.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Monday, July 14, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, more than 3,000 Arkansas children are in foster care custody on any single day. A new report has suggestions on how to better serve these young people. Plus, Arkansas native Louis Jordan's forays into the Caribbean and Calypso in today's edition of Arkansongs, and we hear how the four men running for Governor of Arkansas responded when asked about the legality of same-sex marriage
Here are the ten parts of our montage devoted to all things red…
Nena with the 1980s hit "99 Red Balloons."
Red Skelton as one og his most famous characters, Clem Kadiddlehopper.
The theme from John Corigliano’s score for the film The Red Violin.
Sean Connery places an order to Sam Neill in he Hunt for Red October.
Prince and "Little Red Corvette."
Betty Boop in a swinging version of "Little Red Riding Hood" from 1931.
Red Barber, before his days with NPR, calling ball two on Roger Maris. Maris delivers his 61st home run of 1961 during the at bat.
Willie Nelson and the title song from his album The Red Headed Stranger.
Warren Beatty and Maureen Stapleton in Reds.
The Royals Guardsmen with their huge hit, "Snoopy Versus the Red Baron."
Apologies to: Taylor Swift, Red Adair and his oil-firefighting team, Red Grange…the Galloping Ghost, the baseball club in Cincinnati, Red Buttons, and any singer who crooned about red roses.
Katy Henriksen gives us a preview of tonight's Sunday Symphony, featuring Verdi's "Requiem."
After overriding a veto by Governor Mike Beebe on a piece of anti-abortion legislation, the state senate advances another, more restrictive anti-abortion bill to the governor's desk. And, Walmart announces its progress in bringing healthier food to its customers.
"Lion and the Lamb" by Benjamin Foss
Michael Tilley from The City Wire discusses Allens Inc. moving jobs to Siloams Springs, Tom Mars leaving Walmart, and more.
In the second part of a conversation with Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams, John McDonnell talks about how bringing athletes like Nile O’Shaughnessy, Mike Conley, and Frank O’Mara helped build the most successful college program in history.
"March Down" by Yuri Kajiura
