
Ozarks At Large

A proposed bill by a local state lawmaker would allow certain people to carry concealed firearms on the state’s college campuses. That bill heads to the House Committee on Education in the Arkansas legislature. But, as Timothy Dennis reports, proponents and opponents of the issue have plenty to say about the bill.
A recent bill in the Arkansas legislature would reward state employees who report waste or inefficiency with state money, and lawmakers speak out on a recently released audit of the state's Medicaid system. And, smaller beef cattle herds in the state caused by last year's drought may result in higher beef prices at the grocery store.

This is our list of items for this morning’s montage of snakes:
- Kaa, the snake from The Jungle Book, sings a hypnotic tune. The voice is provided by the legendary Sterling Holloway.
- Harrison Ford, as Indiana Jones, ponders his next adventure.
- Jim Stafford, now of Branson, sings one of his biggest hits, "Spiders and Snakes."
- The character Snake, from The Simpsons, watches his car get stolen.
- A highlight of Kenny “The Snake” Stabler running for a touchdown for the Oakland Raiders.
- A big (talking?) snake gets zapped in the Harry Potter movie Chamber of Secrets.
- Electric Light Orchestra performing "Don’t Let Me Down."
- The famous Spam skit from Monty Python. (python, get it…)
- The only part of *the* quote from the movie Snakes on a Plane we could put on the air.
- Duran Duran with the song "Union of the Snake."

Katy Henriksen gives us a preview of tonight's Sunday Symphony, in addition to giving us another song performed by Damn Arkansan in the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio.
Web Esclusive: Another Performance by Damn Arkansan
Becca Martin Brown of NWA Newspapers tells us about a talk about the West Memphis Three with Mara Leveritt this week in Fort Smith, as well as everything else that's up this week in the area.

Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, September 17, 302
On this edition of Ozarks, increasing internet access for Arkansans. Also, how legislators are dealing with a deficit for the public school employees health plan.
Roby Brock with our content partner Talk Business Arkansas asks speaker of the Arkansas House, Davy Carter, about the private option.
Charles Baum was both a philanthropist and a baseball lover. We learn more about the man behind the Arkansas Razorback's baseball stadium.
"Digitla Love" by Daft Punk
One researcher at the University of Arkansas has been taking a look at what would happen to the planet's surface vegetation if greenhouse gas emissions continue at their current rate through the end of the century.
Two legendary performers will headline a free concert at the John Q. Hammons Center in Rogers this month.
February is a month of compassion in Fayetteville. We hear this story of compassion from Kristina Andazola.
"Compassion" by John Coltrane