Ben E. Keith Foods announces it will add more than 70 jobs to the state's economy, and some law experts say that its unsurprising that a number of counties stopped issuing marriage certificates for same-sex couples after doing so for a few days.
Ozarks At Large
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, Roby Brock discusses the final week of campaigning before primary election day and if Judge Chris Piazza's ruling striking down the state's ban on same-sex marriage will have any impact on those races. Plus, a return to a favorite CD from several summers ago; can the music still evoke the same response? And, a report on a multi-million dollar campaign targeting the Southern closet.In this month’s music review, we revisit an album of summer’s past. Abra Moore’s “Strangest Places” was released in 1995, but the whimsical folk vibes have us rolling down our windows and driving to the tunes again this year.
Discussing faith and religion does not have to create an argument.
Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, continues her week-long survey of what kids around the region can do this summer.
Last night, the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBT civil rights organization based in Washington DC, announced an $8.5 million push into Alabama, Mississippi and Arkansas. And as Jacqueline Froelich reports, HRC’s President, Chad Griffin, an Arkansas native, says its time to open the “Southern closet.”
Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas discusses the last week of campaigning before Arkansas' primary election voting ends.Senator Pryor and Congressman Cotton visited acres of idle pipeline in Central Arkansas yesterday, and they both issued renewed calls to approve the Keystone XL. Plus, several roadways in the area are closed, either for bridge inspection or condemnation.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, an Arkansas judge overturns the states's ban on same-sex marriage, so what's next?
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Monday, June 2, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, finding balance between nature and technology; we speak with author Richard Louv about nature deficit disorder and possible ways to cure it. Plus, autism spectrum disorder is on the rise in Arkansas. We learn more about the Arkansas Autism Resource and Outreach Center.
Foleys Van will be the first band on the main stage next week at Bikes, Blues and BBQ.
The Arkansas Board of Private Investigators and Private Security Agencies yesterday approved plans to let 13 school districts across the state arm some of their staffs. Governor Beebe talks with Roby Brock about what's next in attempts to fix a shortfall in the state's Public School Health Insurance Program. John Brown University is again ranked at the top, and the Walton College of Business at the U of A again gets praise as well.
"Run Run Run" by Phoenix
Twenty-one public school districts in Arkansas have received state funding to operate health clinics, providing a full range of services for low-income children. We visit one of the first to open, three years ago, at Lincoln School District, in rural western Washington County.
This week Senator John Boozman talked about prospects for passage of a farm bill and mother matters before Congress.
"Midnight City" by M83
Fayetteville competes in the International Compassion Games. Participants can earn points simply by being nice.
