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Alabama’s unemployment drops to a near ten-year low

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
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August 21, 2017
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Students bear burden of higher education funding cuts

By Jack Hawkins, Jr., Ph.D Student debt is the hot-button issue in higher education. Each summer I hear from parents of incoming freshmen concerned about the challenge of rising debt and the impact it will have on their student’s future. Their fears are well founded. Student debt in the United States exceeds $1.26 trillion, and … Continued
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March 1, 2017

Bentley Announces Unemployment Dropped to 5.4 Percent

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Sunday, August 16, 2016, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) announced that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted August unemployment rate has fallen to just 5.4 percent. The lowest rate of Gov. Bentley’s time in office. That is down from July’s rate of 5.7 percent and below August 2015’s rate of 6.1 … Continued
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September 20, 2016

Governor Announces Grant to Establish Shoals-Based Program

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, August 24, 2016, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) announced that nearly $1 million in grant funds will be used to jump start a joint effort to develop new businesses, expand existing businesses and create jobs in northwest Alabama, which has been hit hard in recent years from the … Continued
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August 26, 2016

Governor Bentley Announces Alabama’s July Unemployment Rate Drops to 5.7 percent 

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Friday, August 19, 2016, according to the latest numbers from the US Department of Labor, Alabama’s unemployment rate is the lowest that it has been in eight years. Alabama Governor Robert Bentley announced that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted July unemployment rate is 5.7 percent. A big drop from June’s … Continued
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August 23, 2016

Sewell’s Fifth Annual Congressional Job Fair is Today

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Congresswoman Terri Sewell (D) from Selma announced in a written statement that the Fifth Annual Congressional Job Fair will be held on Thursday, August 11, 2016 in Birmingham. The Seventh Congressional District job fair will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Center (BJCC) in … Continued
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August 11, 2016

Alabama’s Unemployment at Six Percent

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Recently, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) announced that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted November unemployment rate is 6.0 percent. Governor Bentley said, “We are coming closer and closer to hitting that golden wage and salary employment number of two million jobs. We are less than 25,000 jobs shy of attaining … Continued
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December 28, 2015

Alabama Unemployment Drops to 5.9 percent

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Friday, November 20, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) announced that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted October unemployment rate is 5.9 percent, down from September’s rate of 6.0 percent, and below October 2014’s rate of 6.2 percent. Gov. Bentley said in a statement, “More jobs are being created, Alabama’s unemployment rate … Continued
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November 25, 2015

Fairfield Works, Alabama Media Group Downsizing

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Monday, August 17 U.S. Steel announced plans to close the blast furnace forever and that it was shutting down other some other operations at the historic Fairfield Works. As many as 1100 jobs could be impacted. On Tuesday, August 18 the Alabama Media Groups reportedly eliminated journalists across … Continued
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August 19, 2015