Alabama's February unemployment rate is 2.5%, tying the all-time record low set last year. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced the numbers today. February's rate is down from January's 2.6% and represents 56,211 people who are counted as unemployed. In Alabama,…
Nucor Corp., which has manufacturing facilities around Alabama, is adding another in North Alabama that will build transmission towers. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced the move this week, saying Nucor will invest around $125 million for the facility. About 200…
A solar module manufacturing company is investing $1.1 billion to open up a plant in Lawrence County that will bring more than 700 jobs to the area, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced last week. First Solar Inc. is building the…
Nearly 300 jobs are coming to Montgomery alongside a $600 million investment for an advanced beverage production and distribution complex. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey made the announcement alongside Manna Capital Partners on Tuesday. The minority-owned business and investment firm based…
It's no secret that many employers in the hospitality industry struggle with staffing. If you've been to a restaurant or fast-food place lately, chances are you've noticed longer wait times alongside…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama’s unemployment rate remained at a record 2.6% in July. The rate dropped one-tenth of a percentage point from May and represents 59,419 people without jobs statewide. More than 2.2 million people were working in the…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A family-owned Alabama cabinet company plans to invest nearly $17 million in an expansion project that will create 415 jobs over five years. The state Department of Commerce said Tuesday in a news release that Ashland-based…
MONROEVILLE, Ala. (AP) - The Swiss owners of a pulp mill in Alabama say they're investing $80 million to increase the amount of absorbent pulp it can produce. A news release says the second line at the GP Cellulose Alabama…
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey shared Thursday that her plan for keeping or bringing in more highly educated residents to the state is on track. Ivey's Success Plus plan's goal is adding 500,000 people with a postsecondary education or skilled labor…
Alabama's unemployment rate for May hit a new record low, the state announced Friday. The seasonally adjusted rate in May was 2.7%, down from April's 2.8% and May 2021's rate of 3.6%. “Once more, we are seeing the resiliency of…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama’s unemployment rate has dropped to an all-time low of 2.8%. The state says the rate in April was down slightly from a month earlier and well below the national rate. The preliminary, seasonally adjusted rate…
By WVUA 23 Digital Reporter Kyle Hamrick Alabama Secretary of Labor Fitzgerald Washington said choosing Shelton State Community College as the venue for his department's job fair on Tuesday was easy.…
ATLANTA (AP) - An Atlanta-based company says it plans to build a $2.5 billion aluminum plant near the Gulf Coast in southwest Alabama. Novelis Inc. says the recycling and rolling plant in Bay Minette, Alabama, will use low-carbon processes. More…
By WVUA 23 Digital Reporter Kyrsten Eller The Alabama Department of Labor's Labor Market Information showed that as of March 2022, the yearly comparison of online job ads is 105,241, which is up 51% from March 2021. The monthly total…
Just days before Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced that our unemployment numbers were decreasing, she signed into law a new bill making it harder for those who are out of work to keep…
Alabama is back to historic unemployment numbers, as March's seasonally adjusted rate of 2.9% is tied with the all-time low seen in September 2019. The numbers are down from February's 3% and nearly a percentage point below March 2021's 3.7%.…
By WVUA 23 Digital Reporter Kyrsten Eller West AlabamaWorks and Shelton State Community College are bringing back the wildly successful Worlds of Work event this week, offering high-schoolers a chance at interviewing for a full-time post-school career. Worlds of Work…
By WVUA 23 News Reporter Aajene Robinson It was recently announced by the Alabama Department of Labor that the state's unemployment rate is at 3.1%, just 1/5 of a percent away from where the…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama's monthly unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.1%, holding steady for the fifth straight month. The state says the December rate was below the level of a year before, 4.7%. And it was better than the…
