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There's never a shortage of activities to do in Northwest Arkansas on the weekends, including theatre and Mardi Gras parades, but Becca Martin Brown from the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette said this could also be a good weekend to curl up with a book and catch up on a good book featured in their features section.

A new ordinance in Fort Smith around animal control, a record number of submissions on opening day for the Fort Smith International Film Festival, and much more is covered in our weekly conversation with Michael Tilley of Talk Business & Politics.

On today's show, Cherokee Nation officials reveal plans for the tribal nation's drug treatment center. Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' education overhaul is packed into 144-page Senate bill filed yesterday afternoon. Also, Arkansas Sen. John Boozman's "Hunger Free Summer for Kids Act of 2021" has been introduced in Congress. Plus, the Arkansas Department of Transportation seeks comments on a highway project in Benton County, a University of Arkansas Professor tours with "Hamilton," and more.

On today's show, understanding storm water runoff in Northwest Arkansas. Plus, local music performances and conversation with the founding dean of the Alice L. Walton School of Medicine from the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. Lawmakers advance a bill advanced legislation requiring public school students to use the bathroom of their gender assigned at birth. Also, guest Chef Kian Lam Kho discusses his journey of becoming a chef and Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders calls for Medicaid work requirements.

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders intends to add a work requirement for Arkansans to access Medicaid. Her predecessor, former Gov. Asa Hutchinson, tried to implement requirements for Medicaid but a federal judge blocked the policy after 18,000 people lost coverage.

Film critic Courtney Lanning says Paul Rudd's version of Ant-Man is one of her favorite Marvel superheroes, but "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania" doesn't quite meet her standards.

U.S. Republican Senator John Boozman (R-AR) has long-made child hunger a legislative priority. He's an enduring proponent of "hunger-free summers" where qualifying students are provided free nutritious summer lunches to tide them over between school sessions. This coming summer, however, millions more students will have access to summer meals under “The Hunger-Free Summer for Kids Act of 2021,” approved by Congress late last year. The bipartisan measure, co-sponsored by Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), expands traditional summer school lunch programming.

Jason Burrow, associate professor of musical theater at the University of Arkansas, is on sabbatical while he serves as associate music director for a touring production of "Hamilton."

Recreational marijuana is now legal to purchase in Missouri by adults age 21 and over, living in-state or out-of-state, with just a valid government-issue photo ID. Several hundred dispensaries recently licensed by the state to sell adult-use cannabis like Flora Farms, with locations across southwest Missouri, report being patronized by a growing number of Arkansans, who are unable to purchase legal pot back home. But transporting purchases back across state lines remains a federal felony offense.

On today's show, the Thaden School is showing a new documentary, "You Have No Idea." The movie follows an Arkansas mother who becomes an advocate after her son is diagnosed with autism. Plus, Amos Cochran is set to perform with the Fort Smith Symphony String Quartet, and the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal focuses on the Natural State's tourism. Also, a Senate committee passes the Arkansas LEARNS bill, this weekend's local music menu and more.