... rather than large numbers of actual surveys completed within the state," he said. But Kimberly Friedman, spokeswoman for the Department of Workforce Services, said the insured unemployment rate only measures a portion of the unemployed population ...

... unemployment rate followed the national trend and increased over the month," said Kimberly Friedman, a spokeswoman for the Department of Workforce Services. Arkansas' civilian labor force gained 7,200 jobs from a year ago to total 1,367 ...

LITTLE ROCK Gov. Mike Beebe said Wednesday that he doesn't regret signing a $121 million tax cut into law last year despite a revised budget forecast released this week showing agencies will have to cut about $107 million in the coming fiscal year.

... employed Arkansas residents since June 2007, and nonfarm payroll jobs are up," said Kimberly Friedman, a spokeswoman for the Department of Workforce Services. "This year-to-year comparison provides a better measure of economic trend. Although ...

LITTLE ROCK Arkansas' unemployment rate jumped by half a percentage point in October, an increase unseen in more than a quarter century as the national economic slowdown finally reached the state.

... submitted each year by new arrivals from all countries, and about half are approved, said Lorna Tessier, a spokeswoman for the Department of Citizenship and Immigration. But never have so many would-be refugees arrived all at once, and in such ...

CHICAGO -- Brain scans of soldiers who believe they suffer from Gulf War illness indicate their brains were damaged by chemical exposure during the 1991 conflict, researchers reported today.

REDMOND, Wash. -- As hundreds of Microsoft programmers celebrated the completion of the software code for Windows XP, a new federal judge was named to decide how Microsoft should be punished for violating antitrust laws.

... entirely possible he could be placed in protective custody or administrative segregation," said Dina Tyler, a spokeswoman for the department. There also is the option of letting Simmons serve his time in another state if safe accommodations cannot ...

... began Friday. By late January, states are expected to begin inoculating health-care response teams and others who would respond to a smallpox attack. "We are planning for it now," said Ann Wright, a spokeswoman for the department.