A Wednesday roundup: The shooting in Washington includes a Tyson Foods employee, Governor Hutchinson discusses protection for public officials and the US Marshals Museum cuts projected costs.

A Tuesday roundup: a new clinic in Fort Smith opens, Walmart touts locally-grown items and China may soon get Arkansas beef.

John Brummett, a political writer for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, talks with Roby Brock from Talk Business and Politics about the testimony last week from former FBI Director James Comey. The conversation also touches on recent announcements by Arkansas Democrats seeking office in 2018.

The Libertarian Party of Arkansas is again seeking a place on the ballot.

Arkansas native Nelson Peacock is the new president and CEO of the NWA Council . Peacock is currently the senior vice president of government relations at the University of California Office of the president. He will soon move to the region with his family and begin his tenure in July.

The Fayetteville Housing Authority recently submitted a low-income tax credit application that will allow the agency to build new apartments on three acres of empty land at the Morgan Manor public housing development. The FHA's plan is to move residents who currently live at the Willow Heights public housing development to the new units at Morgan Manor. According to the FHA, the agency does not have the capital to make the necessary improvements at Willow Heights and rebuilding the development

Articles (a, an, the) are among the smallest words. But our Militant Grammarian explains they bring many rules to our speech.

The Fayetteville Housing Authority is going through the process of Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) conversion, which will convert the FHA's four public housing developments into Section 8 housing. The four public housing developments owned by the FHA are Willow Heights, Morgan Manor, Lewis Plaza and Hillcrest Towers. RAD conversion is a program the Department of Housing and Urban Development started around 2012 to open up more public-private partnership avenues to public housing

The Free Weekly is now under the editorial direction of Becca Martin Brown from the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. She explains what's next for the publication.

After a successful first year, the Homegrown on the River Music Festival will return to Byrd's Adventure Center August 3-5. This summer's event will include performances by Steep Canyon Rangers, White Denim and the Jon Stickley Trio.