Ozarks At Large

Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, Michael Tilley of The City Wire talks about the visit to Fort Smith by a sitting Supreme Court justice, and Walmart's approach to supporting American manufacturing. Plus, it turns out there is accounting for taste; how a sensory tasting lab on the University of Arkansas campus works.

Another attempt to force colleges in Arkansas to allow concealed carry on campus makes its way out of a House committee. The state Senate passes a bill that would make voyeurism by drones illegal. And the Arkansas Attorney General testifies against new EPA clean power requirements for coal power plants.

MUSIC: "Gotham City" Dexter Gordon

Michael Tilley from The City Wire discusses yesterday's visit of Justice Antonin Scalia to Ft. Smith

The volunteers are there to get paid for eating free food samples, but Sara Burningham reports on the science of taste testing at the Sensory Service Center at the University of Arkansas' Food Science Department.

MUSIC: "Everybody Eats When They Come to My House" Cab Calloway

Becca Martin Brown from the Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette says yarn won't cover all of Bentonville this weekend, but close.

The Inner Party is celebrating the release of its new album with a show in Fayetteville tomorrow night.

Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, The Jones Center for Families in Springdale looks ahead now that a capital campaign announced just two years ago is complete. Plus, longtime KUAF music director P.J. Robowski returned this week to help celebrate the station's 30th anniversary as an NPR affiliate. We have an excerpt from last night's panel discussion at Fayetteville Public Library, Roby Brock's midweek political roundtable and more.

The Arkansas Legislature sends to Governor Hutchinson's desk a bill changing reporting requirements for the Arkansas Claims Commission, and Fayetteville officials begin work designing infrastructure upgrades including sidewalks, bike trails and turn lanes.

MUSIC: "Castle of Glass" Linkin Park

Roby Brock, from Talk Business and Politics, leads his midweek discussion with political observers. This week a review of legislation passed so far in Little Rock.

MUSIC: "Cool Kids" Echo Smith

The Jones Center today announced the official end to their fundraising campaign.