Employment gains were seen in food service, bar industry, as well as beauty salons and barber shops.

Checks are finally going out to Arizona's self-employed, independent contractors, and gig economy workers who are ineligible for the state's regular unemployment insurance program.

Sole proprietors and other self-employed workers struggle with COVID-19 jobless benefits and loans as state and federal programs restart.

The increase in the jobless rate is a taste of what's to come given that the March data was collected before Arizona businesses were ordered closed and a stay-at-home order was put in place.

February jobless data for Arizona showed 112 consecutive months of growth of year-over-year employment. Given the layoffs and closures from COVID-19, that record is not going to be sustained.

The number of Arizonans applying for jobless benefits approached 30,000 last week — about seven times the number of claims filed the week before, providing the first clear indicators of the effect COVID-19 is having on the state's economy.

Arizona’s seasonally adjusted jobless rate ticked up a tenth of a point last month, to 5 percent, driven by weaker than normal growth in the p…

Despite the high unemployment rate, Arizona is fourth in the nation in job growth and an ever-shrinking number of people are applying for unemployment insurance.

The state added 2,500 construction jobs in May.