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Ozarks At Large
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Arkansas looks to change licensing requirements for child care facilities throughout the state. We look at the potential changes and the effects they could have on providers in the area.
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Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, directs us to performance art and fireworks this weekend.
Our history doctor, Bill Smith, explains the relationship between politics and money is an American tradition.
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One Arkansas senator is pressing election officials to resolve issues with the state's voter ID law. Other legislators are pushing to prevent the state lottery commission from implementing video gambling games throughout the state. The FASTER Arkansas committee continues its push for changes in state law to allow public schools to connect to an existing, state-funded fiber optic network. And one Eureka Springs alderman is trying to move forward a decades-long debate on what to do about parking in that city's downtown area.
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Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, July 3, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, as many prepare for Fourth of July in backyards or fields of fireworks, the ticks are waiting: a new tick-borne illness has been discovered in the South. And The Cate Brothers release a new album, more than thirty years after it was originally recorded.
Last week, Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe presented his $4.2 billion budget proposal. Roby Brock from our content partner www.talkbusiness.net talks to legislative leaders from both Democratic as well as Republican parties about the budget process.
Pub crawls, balls and Zydeco music will mark this year’s Fat Tuesday celebrations in northwest Arkansas. Becca Bacon Martin from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers has more.
The Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission is commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War in Arkansas. The Civil War Sesquicentennial will be celebrated between 2011 and 2015.
Ozarks at Large’s Katy Henriksen visited with Hope Young, a scholar who researches the benefits of music therapy.
“Help Me”
Columnist Wayne Bell from www.fayettevilleflyer.com has picked out his favorites for the best supporting actors, director and film score awards for this year’s Oscars.
To hear more about Bell’s other picks for this year’s Oscars, click here.
“Montreal” by Kaki King