LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, July 24 -- The Arkansas Department of Commerce issued the following news release on July 23, 2025: * * * Arkansas Maintains Record Employment, 3.7% Jobless Rate in June LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (July 18, 2025) -- Today, the Arkansas Department of Commerce, in conjunction with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, announced Arkansas' seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained stable at 3.7% between May and June. The United States' jobless rate declined one-tenth of a percentage p  more

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, July 24 -- Southwestern Electric Power, an American Electric Power company, issued the following news release: * * * SWEPCO Foundation and Texarkana College Foundation Take Education to New Heights The SWEPCO Foundation has awarded a $90,000 grant to the Texarkana College Foundation to support the expansion of aviation education at Texarkana Arkansas High School. SWEPCO is investing in opportunities for careers to soar with this grant supporting new pathways for Arkans  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, July 24 -- The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences issued the following news release: * * * UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Partners with ARcare to Boost Colorectal Cancer Screenings in State A new partnership between the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute and ARcare aims to dramatically improve colorectal cancer screening rates in seven rural Arkansas counties where late-stage diagnoses and   more

PINE BLUFF, Arkansas, July 24 -- The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff issued the following news: * * * UAPB Student Awarded U.S. Department of State Scholarship for Study Abroad Program in Costa Rica Mari'Neisha Hardrick, a senior mass communications major at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, has been awarded the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship by the U.S. Department of State (DOS). The scholarship allows undergraduate students with financial need to study abroad. Ove  more