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Michael Tilley of Talk Business & Politics joins Kyle Kellams to discuss a continuing decline in Fort Smith metro home sales and how a rooftop garden is in the works at Baptist Health Fort Smith.

Today on The Outline: The Arkansas Department of Human Services released updated Medicaid termination statistics. Also, Jonelle Hunt donates $250,000 to UAMS. Plus, the Clinton Presidential Library is getting a facelift.

On today's show, a former Eureka Springs tourist motel is converted into apartments to offer more affordable housing. Plus, an Arkansas lawmaker reconsiders a cryptocurrency mine law he initially supported, local music events and more.

Today on The Outline: Lawmakers rethink restrictions on cryptocurrency mines. Also, Northwest Arkansas endures record-high sales taxes. Plus, Walmart and PepsiCo collaborate to support farmers.

Flooding has been a problem at the new Peak Center in Fort Smith. Michael Tilley, executive editor of Talk Business & Politics, discusses what the Fort Smith School Board didn't know about the construction. Plus, the August election that will determine if the Sebastian County sales tax will continue.

Michael Tilley, executive editor of Talk Business and Politics, said sales tax collections in Fort Smith continue to increase. Also increasing: the possible cost of Crawford County Library System changes.

This month's banking crises on both coasts led Roby Brock, with KUAF's partner Talk Business and Politics, to ask about banking in Arkansas. Brock spoke with Arkansas State Bank Commissioner Susannah Marshall.

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is backing a legislative package to fund a new prison and adopt stricter sentences for violent offenders. Also, sales tax collections increase in Northwest Arkansas and The Smashing Pumpkins are coming to Rogers.

A collection of news for this last day of February includes legislative considerations of bathrooms, a big grant for the United States Marshals Museum in Fort Smith and another Tree City USA designation for Fayetteville.

A new segment where we catch up on some of what happened this week, including an unexpected rise in sales tax in Arkansas, a new flight destination out of XNA, and college soccer updates.