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Economy

NFIB Jobs Report: Main Street job growth stalls in August

Overall, 62 percent of small business owners reported hiring or trying to hire in August.

September 6, 2024

Alabama’s labor force participation rate remains unchanged at 57 percent

Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted August unemployment rate held steady at its record low 2.1 percent.

September 18, 2023

Report: Finding qualified workers remains a challenge for small businesses

A net 22 percent of owners plan to raise compensation in the next three months.

July 7, 2023

NFIB: Small business job openings back up in January

The percentage of owners reporting labor quality as their top business operating problem remains elevated at 24 percent.

February 3, 2023

November online job ads fall from 2021 highs

Online job ads in November were down 6.8 percent compared to last year.

December 21, 2022

Online job ads in August up 34.6 percent from last year

Twenty-five percent of job ads have salaries of $75,000 and above.

September 20, 2022

Online job ads in April up 30 percent from ads in April last year

The monthly total of online job ads for April 2022 is up 1.8 percent with 41,315 new online ads.

June 9, 2022

Governor encourages veteran hiring through HIRE VETS Medallion Program

The application period runs from Jan. 28 through April 30, 2022.

February 10, 2022

Three attorneys paid thousands to advise legislative committees during session

Thousands in taxpayer money will go to hiring outside legal counsel to advise various committees of the state legislature during the upcoming 2020 Legislative Session. Contracts ranging from $10,500 to $19,000 will be paid to three law firms. Alyce Spruell of the Tuscaloosa-based law firm Rosen Harwood will receive $10,500. Spruell, according to her bio, … Continued

Bill Britt

January 7, 2020

Opinion

Yeah, people are ‘disgruntled’

We have to give credit to the staff at the University of Alabama’s Crimson White newspaper. They carefully and accurately reported a difficult story about the hiring of the university’s new director of the Office of Student Media. That’s what good journalism is all about. One of the top candidates for UA director of student … Continued

Joey Kennedy

July 25, 2019