After being amended by a House committee, a bill that would cap the state's spending growth advances in the Arkansas legislature. Governor Mike Beebe voices his mind about Lt. Governor Mark Darr's signing of a bill while the governor was away. And, the Ozark Natural Science Center in Huntsville announces suspension of its programs that have served thousands of area students in the past two decades.
Ozarks At Large
On this edition of Ozarks: the still-evolving discussion over expanded Medicaid for Arkansas. Larry Teague, the co-chair of the Joint Budget Committee at the State Legislature, talks about medicaid and the entire budget process. Plus putting Go, Dog. Go! On stage in Springdale and why making a documentary film can be a challenging task that leaves the filmmaker depressed part of the time.
A busy March for theater in our region includes a musical adaptation of a favorite children's book at the Arts Center of the Ozarks in SpringdaleTomorrow night two documentary films by Hakim Belabbes will be screened at the Fayetteville Public Library. We have a conversation with the filmmaker.
A preview of a talk tonight on the University of Arkansas campus about what the Four Corners area in the American west might have been like centuries ago.
Roby Brock from our content partner Talk Business talks to Larry Teague (D-Nashville) about budget concerns and the continued discussion over Mediciad expansion.A bill that would cap growth in state spending is reintroduced to a House committee today while an approved bill to change the state's scholarship lottery system moves to Governor Mike Beebe's office for the governor's signature. And, more trail construction may soon get underway in Rogers.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, highlights from a wage forum held in Springdale Friday afternoon. Also, a conversation with Guy Raz, host of the TED Radio hour, Trinity United Methodist Church expands its Sunday Supper program.Beginning March 3, Trinity United Methodist Church in Fayetteville's Sunday Supper program will be offered every week at the church. More information is available at 575-9500.
For today's fun, Becca from NWA Newspapers suggests auditions for “Steel Magnolias,” a concert by the UA Symphony Orchestra, or a one-night-only performance of “Biloxi Blues.”
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Thursday, September 26, 2013
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks at Large, new efforts to revitalize historic Cane Hill, and we take a boat ride with the University of Arkansas Water Ski Club. Plus, a look at the 2013 State of Northwest Arkansas Report.
From medical marijuana to Sunday liquor sales, area voters will face a number of local, county and state-wide ballot initiatives this fall. We explore some of these issues in this week's look back.
"Petition" by Tennis
Painter Denise Ryan will be among the artists featuring their work at Art on the Creeks Thursday in Rogers. Becca Martin Brown, features editor for Northwest Akansas Newspapers, gives us more details.
"Hell" by The Squirrel Nut Zippers
This week's KUAF Sunday Symphony will feature symphonies conducted by Leonard Bernstein. Katy Henrikson gives us a preview.
"Mozart's Symphony Number 41" from Critic's Choice, Disc 2
Next month the Ozark Natural Science Center will begin hosting fifth grade students from around the region. We recently talked with the education director at the center about what will happen when the students arrive and what the wildlife has been like on the nearly 500 acres this summer.
For more information, visit the center’s website here.
Fort Smith faces a potential pet waste ordinance, a Fayetteville summer attraction will soon be renovated, and funding is secured for a regional trail.
"Tryouts" by Javelin
