Arkansas is one of 45 states to enact Common Core State Standards. A new office on the University of Arkansas campus has been established to find new ways bring those standards into the state's schools. We learn more about the Office of Innovation in Education from the office's director.
Ozarks At Large

Senator John Boozman says he would like to see the National Security Agency use more focused efforts to curb terrorism rather than relying on programs that use mass collections of data. The Arkansas Board of Election Commissioners approves a draft of rules for implementing the state's new voter ID law. Work is expected to begin soon on clearing the Cache River, a tributary of the White River. And the special collections department at the UA's Mullins Library unveils a new exhibit to celebrate National LGBT Pride month.


The Genesis Technology Incubator has been in the same place in some form for nearly three decades. But much has changed in and around that facility, as the Arkansas Research and Technology Park has coagulated on the acreage surrounding the facility.
Becca says the Fort Smith Museum of History is presenting a recreation of the Boston Store's tea room at noon Thursday.

Execution dates for inmates on death row in Arkansas have been put on hold. State lawmakers rally in Little Rock, urging the state's supreme court to uphold a judgement against drugmaker Johnson and Johnson. Also in the state capitol, close attention is being paid to how the state's parole monitoring system is being managed. Mercy Health Northwest in Rogers opens a new center to serve geriatrics in the area. And more trees are on the way for one parking lot in downtown Fayetteville.


Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, we talk to local officials about an increase in the DWI violations. Also, we attend a tasting at 28 Springs in Siloam Springs.
The 2010 Arkansas Poll includes questions about politics, quality of life and more. The results were released yesterday. We talked with the poll's director, janine Parry.
The poll included questions about tax cuts and more. Here's more from the interview.
To see the poll, visit www.3uark.edu/arkpoll
"The Union Forever" by The White Stripes
Both major party candidates for Arkansas' U. S. Senate seat are traveling across the state.
Bo Counts, the president of Art Amiss, says the artists' collective is preparing for Halloween and the Art Amiss 13 event.
Here is the full interview with Bo Counts, the president of Art Amiss.
"What if We Met in the 80s" by The Tickle
We travel to the Crescent Hotel in search of a ghost or two.
The Queen of Jazz, Statue of Liberty and more in our history capsule for October 28.