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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.
Papa Rap is easy to find. He’s on TV, on the radio, in schools and on stage. Last week he came to KUAF to talk about his latest musical endeavors with is longtime collaborator Jose DJ Torres.
Five labs in Ft. Smith are used to keep track of the water quality in the city.
"Water" by Yukon Blonde
Katy Henrikson gives us a preview of tonight's KUAF Sunday Symphony, featuring three symphonies from the World War Two era.
"The Symphonic Dances" by Rachmaninoff
Ozarks at Large's Timothy Dennis takes a look back at the past week's stories involving education.
The week ahead is National Suicide Prevention Week, and Ozarks at Large's Christina Thomas speaks with Melody Kouchehbagh and Jenni Kirstein of the Arkansas Crisis Center about how the organization helps people at risk.
"Crisis" by Groove Collective