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Friday, October 18, 2013
Ahead on Ozarks:the gavel has come down to begin a special session of the Arkansas Legislature. Chris Hickey reports on the opening afternoon of a session dedicated to solving, if only temporarily, a projected spike in insurance rates for public school employees in the state. Plus: our usual Friday conversations with Michael Tilley from The City Wire and Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers. And Antoinette Grajeda tries to discover the lure of following festivals for one retailer who is selling her wares right now at Mulberry Mountain for the Yonder Mountain String Band’s Harvest Festival.
If you can be at four places at once tonight, you can see all of Becca Martin Brown’s suggestions for an entertaining, educational evening. Otherwise, you have a tough decision to make.
The University of Arkansas Symphonic Band and the University of Arkansas Wind Band join forces for a concert Monday night at Walton Arts Center.
"Sky Coach" by Bennie Green with Art Farmer
The agenda at Walton Arts Center has traditional holiday fare and some holiday surprises, too.
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.
“Walking the Dog (RAC Mix)” by Fun
Roby Brock from our content partner Talk Business recently sat down with political bloggers, Jason Tolbert from the Republican perspective, and Michael Cooke from the Democratic point of view, to analyze the outcome of elections in Arkansas.