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When you drive around Central Arkansas, you've probably noticed all of the new car washes. We took a deeper dive to see why the industry has been growing so rapidly.

Arkansas Secretary of State John Thurston has determined the Libertarian Party of Arkansas petition to be a new political party has been deemed sufficient, spokesman Chris Powell said Friday.

Arkansas officials on Friday reported a slight uptick in statewide unemployment to 2.9% in September -- the seventh consecutive month of a joblessness rate at 3% or below. The state labor force continued to gain momentum and it, along with the number of employed Arkansans, are at record levels.

One measure of the tightness of labor markets is the number of job openings per unemployed person, economist...

Arkansas continues to achieve record employment levels though officials reported Tuesday that statewide unemployment ticked up slightly to 2.7% in August, up one-tenth of a percentage point from July and the first increase in nine months.

But what was behind the numbers in the first place? We break down some of the key factors.

Statewide unemployment held steady at a record low 2.6% in July, with more Arkansans holding jobs during the month than ever before, leaving the state with a joblessness rate nearly a full percentage point below the U.S. overall.

Experts say Arkansas's real estate market is starting to shift.

The federal governments $228 billion budget deficit in June was slightly lower than in May but still 156% higher than the $89 billion monthly deficit reported a year ago, the U.S. Treasury Department reported Thursday.

Arkansas continued to see record employment levels in May, posting job gains for the eighth-straight month that helped lower the states unemployment rate to 2.7%, a new low and a full percentage point below the U.S. rate.