Josh speaks with Yolanda Fields, from the city of Fayetteville Community Resources Department, about their upcoming "Community Block Development Grant in the Park" event.
Josh Marvine is a multimedia producer for KUAF. He has reported for Ozarks at Large, produced audio and video content for the Listening Lab, and served as host of the KUAF Community Spotlight.
State lawmakers send a bill banning affirmative action to the governor, and several other controversial bills near the end of the legislative process. One lawmaker aims to commemorate a school integration that predates the Little Rock Nine. And, Fayetteville is officially a “welcoming” city. But what does that mean, exactly?
A proposal that would give the government more oversight on libraries and public television advanced in a legislative committee yesterday. The bill would transfer the powers of the Arkansas Educational Television Commission and the State Library Board to the Department of Education.The bill passed committee with just one dissenter. It now moves to the full Senate.
The company, a provider of electronic manufacturing services, announced yesterday it will move into a nearly 300,000-square-foot facility on West Apple Blossom Road.