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ADPH switches to once weekly updates of COVID dashboard

The Alabama Department of Public Health has announced that it has switched from daily to weekly updates of COVID-19 statistics.

John H. Glenn

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August 4, 2022

Online job ads in October up 52 percent from last year

Registered nurses and retail salespersons top jobs in October based on help wanted online data.

December 3, 2021

Small business optimism decreases, owners uncertain about future business conditions

The NFIB Small Business Optimism Index decreased slightly in October by 0.9 points to 98.2.

November 10, 2021

Online job ads in September up 70 percent from last year

Fourteen percent of job ads have salaries of $75,000 and above.

November 3, 2021

Retail sales people, registered nurses most sought after employees

Data collected and analyzed by the Alabama Department of Labor’s Labor Market Information (LMI) Division shows that the most online wanted ads were for retail sales people, registered nurses and customer service representatives with 6,878 ads placed for those occupations in November. Total ads are up 12.9 percent over the year. Help Wanted Online (HWOL) … Continued

December 30, 2019

Newly published studies shine light on child poverty and social injustice

Two recently released studies show Alabama is sixth highest in child poverty and ranks forty-ninth in social justice. Nearly 13 million children in the United States live in families with incomes below the federal poverty line. The Census Bureau poverty threshold in 2018, for a family of three with one child under 18 years old, … Continued

Bill Britt

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December 10, 2019

Alabama 4th most dangerous state for drivers, according to report

Alabama was the fourth most dangerous state for drivers in 2017, according to a report by Esurance.  The San Francisco-based insurance company used data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to determine that Alabama has 19.4 crash fatalities per 100,000 residents. The state with the most auto accident fatalities per capita was Mississippi, with … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

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August 7, 2019

Opinion

Online sales tax collection: What does this really mean for Alabama’s municipalities?

The steady increase in online sales over the past decade has triggered an alarming shift in consumer purchasing habits from shopping at local brick and mortar establishments (which support community-owned businesses) to buying via remote sellers. The significant decrease in local sales and use tax collections make it more difficult for Alabama’s municipalities to provide basic … Continued

Frank Brocato

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January 23, 2019

Sponsor says better House leadership could have saved racial profiling bill

A piece of legislation that would have implemented a method to track racial profiling data in police stops didn’t make it out of this year’s legislative session after House Speaker Mac McCutcheon, R-Monrovia, pronounced the bill dead on a radio show Thursday morning. Sen. Rodger Smitherman, D-Birmingham, who sponsored the legislation, said better leadership in … Continued

Chip Brownlee

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March 30, 2018