Unemployment

Unemployment is Up in Alabama

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Alabama rose last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor…

4 months ago

Alabama Unemployment Rate Lowest It’s Been Since 2019

Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington announced today that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted February unemployment rate is 3.0%, down…

2 years ago

New Year Brings Changes in Alabama’s Unemployment Benefit Program

Changes to Alabama’s unemployment compensation benefits are now in effect. Starting January 1st unemployment benefits in Alabama were cut from…

4 years ago

Unemployment Down Statewide, Up Slightly Locally

Alabama ended 2013 with the lowest unemployment rate in five years. The Alabama Department of Labor reports that the December…

10 years ago

Unemployment Up Locally In August

Unemployment rates inched up last month across Northeast Alabama, according to the latest stats released by the State Department of…

11 years ago

Unemployment Inches Up In Cherokee County

According to the latest information from the Alabama Department of Labor, unemployment in Cherokee County ticked up last month, but…

11 years ago

Unemployment Up Slightly In Cherokee County

Cherokee County’s unemployment rate inched up four tenths of one percent during the month of May, according to the latest…

11 years ago

Unemployment Declines in Cherokee County And State

Cherokee County businesses added 25 new jobs last month, bringing the county’s unemployment rate down from 6.5-percent in March to…

11 years ago

Unemployment Drops Locally

Good news today from the Alabama Department of Labor as Cherokee County’s unemployment rate saw a decrease in March. According…

11 years ago

Unemployment Down In Alabama, Unchanged In Cherokee

Governor Robert Bentley on Friday announced that Alabama’s preliminary December 2012 unemployment rate was 7.1%, down from November’s rate of…

11 years ago