Labor Department

The Alabama Labor Department announces that the state continues to break employment and job records. In November 2018, 2,128,082 people were counted as employed, an increase of 46,330 from November 2017. Wage and salary employment, which measures the number of jobs our economy is supporting, grew to 2,069,800, representing a yearly increase of 35,400 jobs. … Continued

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter Joining a wave of construction job growth across the country, Alabama had the sixth-best construction job growth over the last year. Forty states saw an increase in construction jobs between November 2016 and November 2017, according to an analysis of Labor Department data by the Associated General Contractors of … Continued

By Steve Flowers Inside the Statehouse In March of this year, the Alabama Community College System took a giant leap forward when it brought on a giant in state government and one of Alabama’s preeminent leaders, Jimmy Baker, to be chancellor. When you have a conversation with Chancellor Baker, he uses words that you do … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Friday, August 17, 2017, Governor Kay Ivey (R) announced that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted July unemployment rate is just 4.5 percent, which is, down from June’s rate of 4.6 percent, and well below July 2016’s rate of 5.8 percent.  July’s rate represents 96,251 unemployed persons, compared to 100,187 in … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, February 14, 2017, US Representative Bradley Byrne (R-Montrose) announced that he voted in favor of overturning an Obama era regulation severely limiting the ability of states to drug test people receiving unemployment benefits. Congressman Byrne said on social media, “I believe states should be able drug test people … Continued

By Congressman Bradley Byrne Over the last few weeks, reporters with television cameras have stood watch in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York City to see who is coming and going from meetings with President-elect Donald Trump. Most of the visitors are there to talk to the President-elect about opportunities to serve in … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Alabama State Senator Paul Sanford (R) from Huntsville announced in a written statement Thursday that the merger of two state agencies shows efficiencies can be gained by consolidating state agencies without jeopardizing essential public services Senator Sanford said, “Merging these two departments with similar functions was a common sense … Continued