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The Arkansas Legislature just wrapped up its 2024 fiscal session.
On this week’s edition of the Know the News podcast, we talk to a few Northwest Arkansas legislators — Sen. Joshua Bryant, R-Rogers; and state Reps. Denise Garner, D-Fayetteville; and Robin Lundstrum, R-Elm Springs — for their takes on what happened during the session.

Elizabeth Forester was not expected to live past her first day when she was born 22 weeks into her mother’s pregnancy. The now 20-year-old Forester — a nonverbal quadriplegic — will be among this year’s class of special education students graduating from Bentonville High School next week.
Pam MacDade, Forester’s mother, tells us about how Forester made it to this point on this week’s edition of the Know the News podcast.

In this episode of the Know the News podcast, host Greg Harton speaks with Jennifer Price, executive director of the Washington County Election Commission, on the issue of security related to elections and voting machines.
As mentioned in the podcast, the election commission’s meetings are available for the public on its YouTube channel.
Information about Washington County elections is available at votewashco.com.
Registered voters can also check their registration information and see which wards and districts they are in by visiting https://www.voterview.org.

On today's "Know the News," Arts Editor Becca Martin-Brown chats with Barry Cobbs, founder of the Rogers Short Film Festival, about this year's event and why short films are such a great portal to filmmaking.

In this week's Know the News podcast, host Chris Swindle talks with staff writer Thomas Saccente and Northwest Arkansas Master Naturalist Pam Morgan about the recently designated firefly sanctuary at Coler Mountain Bike Preserve in Bentonville — the first firefly sanctuary in Arkansas.

In this week’s installment of Know the News, host Chris Swindle sits down with Music Editor Monica Hooper and Roger Barrett with AMMPlify to talk about the upcoming AMMPlify Fest.