On today’s program, Arkansans wait to find out how a new farm bill may, or may not, have an impact on the state. Plus, we hear about the ways the language we use may, or may not, have an impact on our lives. And, we hear about the major impact Fort Smith native Alphonso Trent had on the musical landscape.

Our Militant Grammarian, Katherine Shurlds, was recently stumped when presented with a simple question regarding the word "up" and the role it played in a sentence.

A Tuesday roundup includes record sales numbers in 2017 for home sales in northwest Arkansas, an increase in Arkansas workers in unions and Diana Krall's return to Walton Arts Center.

John Brummett, political writer for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, turns his attention this week to the weekend shutdown of the federal government. He talks with Roby Brock, from our partner Talk Business and Politics , about what led to the shutdown and what comes next.

Our weekend Northwest Arkansas Business Journal Report arrives on Monday this week and includes a conversation with Graham Cobb, the CEO of the Greater Bentonville Chamber of Commerce. He discusses an award that will be given to Alice Walton at the annual chamber meeting this week.

Pete Hartman, the operations manager for 91.3, gives us a preview of the next Sunday Special, "An Inconsistent Truth," about the history and future of fake news. The special can be heard Sunday afternoon at 3:00 on 91.3.

Becca Martin Brown of the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette says painter John Bell Jr. spent his whole life capturing the history and magic of Arkansas. Some of his works are now on display at the Fort Smith Regional Art Museum. The exhibit runs through April 22.

The latest exhibition at the Joy Pratt Markham Gallery at the Walton Arts Center explores a conversation art, text and design can have. Cynthia Nourse Thompson, a curator of the exhibition, talks to us about the works included. The Grammar of Ornament remains in the gallery through March 17.

A Monday roundup includes reactions to a federal government shutdown by Congressman Bruce Westerman and Senator Tom Cotton and a new directory for Arkansas exporters.

Northwest Arkansas School Choice, which promotes educational options, held its second annual festival in Springdale Saturday at the Jones Center featuring public school districts, public-enrollment charter school operators and an array of private schools. Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge was also on hand to kick off National School Choice Week in Arkansas.