Politics

TheatreSquared is not making predictions about November's presidential election, but its current production, "Twenty50," focuses on politics 26 years into the future. This is just the second-ever production of the play written by Tony Meneses. Last week, two cast members came to the Anthony and Susan Hui News Studio. Orlando Arriaga portrays Andres Salazar, a first-time Congressional candidate, and Alyssa Martinez, his daughter, Jenny Salazar.

On today's show, Arkansas’ third congressional district has been held by a Republican for 58 years— Will that trend end any time soon? Also, House of Songs in Bentonville celebrates seven years. Plus, it was a productive summer for musician Drew Hutson Rogers.

Randy Dixon from the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History joins Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams to reminisce about the political call to actions of the State's past, from Clinton to Huckabee.

Yesterday, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled that an amendment legalizing abortion would remain on the ballot this November. Anna Spoerre of the Missouri Independent joins Ozarks at Large's Matthew Moore to discuss the multiple roadblocks that came up for the ballot measure.

Members of a legislative subcommittee discussed potential new legislation allowing guns to be carried on K-12 school grounds and at school bus stops, among other locations.

Shortly after President Biden announced he was ending his campaign and endorsing Vice-President Harris for the Democratic Party nomination, Roby Brock, with our partner "Talk Business & Politics," reached out to John Brummett, political columnist for the "Arkansas Democrat-Gazette," for his take on the situation.

On today's show, we consider where our water comes from, how to keep it coming and how to be good stewards of the water we have. We also try to figure out what to expect between now and the first Tuesday in November with John Brummett and Talk Business & Politics.

On today's show, striving to diversify the kinds of investors and start-up companies in Northwest Arkansas. Also, we remember when a founding member of Monty Python’s Flying Circus talked with us about history. Plus, after three decades at the University of Arkansas, Janine Parry is departing.

Next week, the Associated Press’ chief election analyst, Chad Day, will speak on the University of Arkansas campus as the 2024 Roy Reed lecturer as a guest of the University of Arkansas School of Journalism and Strategic Media. This week, Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams talked with him about the work the Associated Press does to declare a political winner.

On today's visit to The David and Barbara Pryor Center for Oral and Visual History, host Randy Dixon discusses federal appeals court judge Richard Arnold.