No matter how hard some may try, money is inescapable. We use it to buy stuff, and most often we pay taxes with it. Ozarks at Large's Timothy Dennis takes a look at news stories related to citiesí tax revenue from the past week.
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The Fayetteville Advertising and Promotion Commission waits for more input before deciding whether to give $1 million to the U of A, but the commission gives out more than $145,000 to a number of other groups. State officials work to close a funding gap in Arkansas' Medicaid system, and the city of Fort Smith takes another look at zoning for sexually oriented businesses.
David Shipler, author of the book “The Working Poor” spent time in northwest Arkansas last month for the annual One Book, One Community event. During his visit he participated in a public discussion at the Fayetteville Public Library.

Crystal Bridges of American Art in Bentonville is one year (and one day) old today. We take a look back at the museum's last twelve months.

The Great American Smokeout is this Thursday. Ozarks at Large's Christina Thomas speaks with Rhonda Brammell of the American Cancer Society about the national day aimed at encouraging smokers to quit.

Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Sunday, May 18, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, we'll hear wedding bells in our Sunday Morning Montage, and we'll talk about talking about faith. And, we visit two different buildings in downtown Fayetteville that have been around for about three-quarters of a century.
A website is helping area residents pursue their dreams…from a new business venture to an artistic dream.
Dana Idlet's Kickstarter.com project can be found on her website, danaidlet.com. For LeAnne Richards' project, visit the On The Move section of her website, cakegirlskitchen.com.
To find and support other local artists, log on to kickstarter.com and type the name of the city in the search bar.
Robert Mueller, the conductor of the University of Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, discusses tonight’s concert at Walton Arts Center.
More information is available at waltonartscenter.org.
Mary Chapin Carpenter, the District Telephone Company of New Have, Connecticut and more in our history capsule for February 21.
Becca has many suggestions for this first day of the work week.
“Give Baby Give” by Cab Calloway
Cynthia A. Minor is a practicing attorney and a published novelist. She spoke at the University of Arkansas this past week and during that visit came to our studio.
For more about the author and her novel “Tricked”: roseapplepublishing.com.
To hear more of our conversation with Cynthia, click here.