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SPECIAL COVIDSECTION KEEPING YOU UP TO DATE WITH SMALL BUSINESS 19RESOURCES ON PAGES 10-11 www.dailyrecord.us DailyJune 1-7, 2020 ServingRecord Central Arkansas since 1925. 50¢ | Vol. 67 | No. 23 RETAIL SALES SHOCK Traditional mall storefronts, department store retailers face new virtual realities in the post-pandemic economy. More on page 9. (Photo provided) FIND INSIDE LRRA Newsletter » PG 4 Labor Data » PG 12 Notices » PG 17 Publisher’s Corner » PG 2 The New Norm » PG 6 Games » PG 13 PCBA » PG 20 2 // June 1-7, 2020 Daily Record www.dailyrecord.us Daily Publisher’s Corner ... 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Zillow’s real-time mortgage rates are based on thousands of custom mortgage quotes CHI St. Vincent resumes hospital visitation Zillow: Coronavirus causes biggest submitted daily to anonymous borrowers on the Zillow at Arkansas facilities annual rent slowdown in five years Mortgages site by third-party lenders and reflect recent changes in the market. CHI St. Vincent hospitals in Arkansas will now allow Rent prices slowed more than they had in at least one visitor per patient after pausing local visitations in five years when the coronavirus pandemic hit, but the ECONOMIC March as part of the initial response to the COVID-19 for-sale market continues to heat up after a slower early pandemic to minimize the risk of infection to patients, April, according to Zillow’s Real Estate Market Report visitors, and healthcare staff. for April. Arkansas jobless rate jumps to 10.2% in April With the resumption of elective procedures and The monthly report by the West Coast real estate as 70,000 workers pushed to sidelines additional precautions to ensure the ongoing safety of analytics firm noted that rent prices had been chugging patients and healthcare staff, a single visitor will now be along at a remarkably stable pace since 2018, with the Arkansas’ unemployment rate more than doubled in permitted at CHI St. Vincent hospitals in Little Rock, growth rate rarely rising or falling much from one month April as the state’s civilian labor pool declined by nearly Hot Springs, Sherwood and Morrilton. The updated to the next. That changed in April, the first reading since 70,000 due to record number of jobless claims in the policy applies to non-COVID-19 patients only. the coronavirus pandemic struck the U.S. restaurant and retail sectors in the face of COVID-19 “We understand that this is a difficult time for our The typical rent in the U.S. is $1,594, up 2.9% from stay-at-home policies, according to the monthly work- patients and now that we have the necessary precautions a year ago, which is the slowest pace of annual growth force report released by the state Division of Workforce in place, their loved ones can once again join them at the since December 2017ii. Rents were growing 3.4% year Services. hospital to provide the support they need and deserve,” over year in March, and that half a percentage point Through the first four months of 2020, Arkansas’ sea- said CHI St.