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College classes are starting back up, and enrollment is holding strong at institutions across the region.

The college received notice this month it's been approved to bring back its Associate of Applied Science Nursing Degree in the Carolyn McKelvey Moore School of Nursing.

Michael Tilley joins the show to discuss the new FOIA restrictions, the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority and the naming of the Family Enterprise Center at UAFS.

The next new student orientation at the University of Arkansas Fort Smith on Friday will include a full track of Spanish language sessions.

This week Michael Tilley, with our partner Talk Business and Politics, helps explain matters relating to a new investment fund at UAFS, an addition to the Fort Smith School Board and a Mercy groundbreaking in Greenwood.

Shannon Newton, president of the Arkansas Trucking Association, provides updates on the freight recession. Also, Onyx Coffee Lab names a new chief operating officer and the Compass Report from the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith and Talk Business & Politics restarts.

Among a $765 million price tag to create a military pilot training center, a $1 million investment from ABB to the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith and a $1.1 million purchase of the former Fianna Hills Country Club, a lot of major investments and growth is expected in the near future in the region. Michael Tilley with Talk Business & Politics breaks it down for us.

In the news: A record-breaking Day of Giving at UAFS, Chuck Todd considers former Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson's lane to the White House and gas prices drop a bit in Arkansas.

National trends predict a drop college enrollment later this decade. Arkansas schools are trying to shift practices to weather the coming hardships.

On today's show, Arkansans speak out in light of the state legislature's recently amended bill that would have classified drag shows as "adult entertainment." Plus, marching through the Razorback Band's history, author Colson Whitehead is scheduled to speak at the University of Arkansas Fort Smith and more.