With the passage of the private option, Roby Brock hosts a roundtable to discuss reactions to the bill's passage and upcoming primary elections.
Ozarks At Large
With the passage of the private option, Roby Brock hosts a roundtable to discuss reactions to the bill's passage and upcoming primary elections.
Ahead on Ozarks, the Nobel director and secretary talks about the selection process for the annual Nobel Peace Prize; he's on the University of Arkansas campus today. Plus, the Northwest Arkansas Council on jobs created in the area in the past year, and the differences between education in the U.S. and the European Union.Henry McLeish, visiting professor to the University of Arkansas will speak this afternoon in the Global Campus auditorium on the role of education in a modern society and differences between education in the United States and Europe.
A collaboration between the Northwest Arkansas Regional Council and Northwest Arkansas Chambers of Commerce resulted in the 2013 Employer Retention and Expansion Survey in which 529 area employers were interviewed with positive results.
The prosecution rested its case yesterday afternoon, and this morning the defense rested in the extortion and bribery trial of former state treasurer Martha Shoffner. Plus, Peco Foods announces a multi-million dollar expansion in the eastern portion of the state.
Becca says our musical options during the next few days include performances by the Lyrique Quintette, and Har Mar Superstar.
The Rogers chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma collected and donated books to Best Pediatric Clinic's reading program.Roby Brock discusses the retirement of Baptist Health System's CEO, the passage of the private option and more in his weekly business and political news recap.The trial of former Arkansas Treasurer Martha Shoffner continued Friday with testimony via taped conversations from a bond broker who allegedly received much of the state's bond business after giving kickbacks to Shoffner. And a number of court-related entities in Arkansas are receiving less funding after a decline in court fee and fine collections.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, May 22, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, a conversation with the director of special education for the U.S. Department of Education; she says many with disabilities are capable of learning anything and everything that those without disabilities can. Plus, as strawberries begin to pop up in gardens and farmers' markets in the area, a group of national leaders in the industry meet in Fayetteville to discuss sustainable growing practices.
Trout Fishing in America, tea party, local mascots at Jones Center in Springdale, and movie screenings at Fayetteville, Rogers and Springdale Public Libraries.
"Listening Walk" by Julian Lage
Shades of Jazz host Robert Ginsburg speaks with guitar prodigy Julian Lage. Lage performs Saturday at the Walton Arts Center.
The City of Johnson announces the celebration of Johnson Switch Festival Day on June 11.
Just north of Fayetteville’s new west side waste water treatment plant is a very special meadow—which a crew of Cherokee burned last Friday. Jacqueline Froelich takes us there to explain. For a virtual tour, visit www.ecoarkansas.com
Dr. Janine Parry, director of Arkansas poll, chaired an advisory committee to the D.C.-based Institute for Women's Policy Research in 2000-2004. She talks about the history of women representation on a state level in Arkansas.
