
Ozarks At Large

Governor Beebe says that tax cuts placed in next year's state budget may need to be revisited in future years, Representative Greg Leding, Arkansas' House Majority Leader, says that despite partisanship in the state capitol, state legislators were able to pull together by the end of the legislative session last week. Apartment recycling may get some change this year in Fayetteville if a state grant is approved. And the Sierra Club plans to mark the one month anniversary of the Mayflower oil spill.
Emily Chase recently received a national honor for her thesis work at the University of Arkansas. She told us about the creation of her paper gowns.
To see pictures of some of Emily's work, click here.

Arkansas has one of the highest rates of prescription painkiller abuse among 12- to 25-year-olds. Tomorrow's Prescription Drug Takeback Day, with disposal centers set up across the state, aims to reduce the problem.

Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Sunday, April 6, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, the sounds of Spring and Summer are lone without the chirps of frogs. We visit an area pond to hear what's hopping, and we celebrate the croaking amphibian in our Sunday morning montage.
The Department of Homeland Security announced this morning that hundreds of thousands of undocumented young people, who meet certain criteria, will be provided relief from criminal deportation and allowed to work in the United States. We get reaction from a state immigrant civil rights leader.
More than 1,800 animals, about 36 percent of intakes, were euthanized at the Fayetteville Animal Shelter last year. A group of residents formed “No-Kill Fayetteville” to pressure city administrators to lower that rate.
Relevant links:
https://www.facebook.com/FriendsWCAnimals
http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/fayettevilleanimals.html
http://www.justoneday.ws/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/200016093452542/
"Papa Don't Preach" by Madonna
Kyle Kellams helps us discover the world of minor league baseball mascots.
The University of Arkansas Radio Frequency Identification Research Center is celebrating its seventh anniversary today with the unveiling of design plans for a new and larger facility in Fayetteville’s south industrial district.
"Papa Loves Mombo" by Perry Como
Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers tells us about this year's Yonder Mountain Harvest Music Festival and more.