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By Wesley Brown TBP Arkansas' unemployment rate held steady at 3.5% for the second straight month as the state's civilian labor pool closes in on levels not seen in nearly a decade. According to labor force data produced by US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and released by the Arkansas Department of Workforce Services (DWS), Arkansas' seasonally adjusted jobless rate remained at 3.5%, just off the record low of 3.4% touched in May, June and July. Arkansas' civilian labor force added 1,435 workers, a result of 938 additional employed and 497 more unemployed Arkansans. The state's brimming labor pool now has a total of 1,379,592 workers, up from 1,378,157 in August and a strong 38,100 from 1,341,157 laborers a year ago. Read more....