Small business owners in Arkansas express concern over the federal healthcare law. Maggie Carroll from our content partner KUAR in Little Rock has more.
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The pipeline, which will pump heavy crude oil mined from Canadian tar sands through Cushing, Oklahoma to Texas Gulf Coast refineries is providing hundreds of jobs for Oklahomans and sourcing steel pipe in Arkansas. Opponents claim the project is environmentally disastrous and only serves petrochemical industry interests.
(Photo courtesy of David Druding)With federal budget sequestration looming around the corner, Arkansas' U.S. Senate contingent sounds off about the issue. We also look at how budget sequestration could impact research at the University of Arkansas. And, the Arkansas Legislature moves forward with two anti-abortion bills.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, a look at how some local leaders make decisions for their cities. Plus, a preview of a concert featuring siblings Jura and Alyssa Margulis, and more.
Daniel Hintz with Downtown Bentonville Inc. stops by to discuss some of the events at the first First Friday of the season.
Jura and Alissa Margulis will perform at 8 p.m. tomorrow inside the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall on the University of Arkansas campus.Desmond Shaw Taylor is the surveyor of The Queen's pictures, the curator of the paintings in the royal collection of Great Britain. He speaks with Christina Thomas in advance of his appearance at Crystal Bridges of American Art this Friday.
Becca from NWA Newspapers says we can listen to letterpress printer Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. speak today in Northwest Arkansas and tomorrow in the River Valley.
Roby Brock from our content partner Talk Business Arkansas talks to Representative Andrea Lee about whittling down as many as 37 proposals to alter the state's Constitution to three or fewer proposals.The cities of Fort Smith, Fayetteville and Springdale are the second, third and fourth-largest cities in Arkansas. But, how do the leaders of those cities deal with making difficult decisions. Ozarks at Large's Timothy Dennis spoke with leaders of the three cities to find out.
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Ahead on Ozarks: Michael Tilley from The City Wire talks about a bounce up in housing construction figures in northwest Arkansas and the tough decisions some cities and counties in the area will have to make when it comes to paying for infrastructure in the future. And if a band goes by the name NPR, we have to invite them to the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio. Later this hour, National Park Radio, or NPR, plays for us.
There are plenty of opportunities to get out during the next few days.
Becca Martin Brown announces the University of Arkansas’ upcoming theatre season.
Olivia's Basket has built nine homes in Mexico and Honduras, but the organization will hold its first ever public fundraiser next week in Fayetteville.
The declaration means that federal assistance will be available for individuals, local governments and businesses. Also, the number of child abuse cases in the state declines.
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Attorney General Dustin McDaniel talks to Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas about lawsuits and the electric chair.
