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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.