Ozarks At Large

Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large

Friday, February 21, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, Michael Tilley from The City Wire talks about the week in business and politics. Plus, members of the cast of "Good People" discuss why audiences connect with the Tony-nominated script. And, The Tri-tones; Ben Harris, Adams Collins and Drew Packard; sit down with Robert Ginsburg in the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio and perform some original music.
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.
More than twenty Northwest Arkansas specialty shops sell electronic cigarettes, both disposable and rechargeable. The popular devices deliver a smooth warm nicotine-laced white vapor in variety strengths and flavors. We visit the Velvet Vapor in Rogers and also talk to an Arkansas Department of Health tobacco specialist about pending regulations and potential risks associated with “vaping.”
Our history doctor, Bill Smith, explains the relationship between politics and money is an American tradition.
Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, directs us to performance art and fireworks this weekend.
Jonathan Story sits down at the Mary Baker Rumsey Steinway.