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Talk Business Editor and Chief Roby Brock speaks to Regional Correspondent George Jared about the latest headlines impacting Northeast Arkansas.
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The Reimagine Arkansas Workforce Project is helping Arkansans hit financially by the pandemic get back on their feet with new skills – particularly those who have had other employment challenges. Comments from Eddie Thomas, assistant director, Arkansas Division of Workforce Services; and Tara Dryer, senior managing director, University of Arkansas Global Campus.
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A bill that would give Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson the authority to terminate an additional $300-per-week federal unemployment benefit is one step closer to becoming law.
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Federal pandemic unemployment relief has been ordered to resume in Arkansas by a Pulaski County Circuit Court judge to as many as 70,000 qualified...
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Labor officials reported two weeks ago that Arkansas’ jobless rate in April remained stable at 4.4% from March and it was dramatically down from the 10% unemployment rate recorded in April 2020 during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Arkansas’ jobless rate in February was 4.5%, down from 4.6% in January and below the 3.8% in February 2020. The slight decline in Arkansas’ jobless rate in February was the result of fewer in the workforce and not a gain in jobs.
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Member station KUAR's Daniel Breen speaks with Benji Hardy of the Arkansas Nonprofit News Network about his story investigating fraud claims within the state's Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program.
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While Arkansas’ unemployment rate has fallen to an all-time low of 3.5%, UA economist Mervin Jebaraj warns that there is a troubling trend of younger…