Just after Christmas, the town of Fort Payne, Alabama, will face its largest industrial layoff in years. Renfro Brands, a ...

The U.S. unemployment rate has remained steady through May, but some states have seen higher adjustments in weekly claims. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday a 139,000 nonfarm payroll ...

MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Department of Labor announced Friday that the state’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted April unemployment rate increased to 12.9%, up from March’s revised level of 3%, and ...

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Alabama dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to 1,720 ...

My community in Alabama relies on SNAP to put food on the table, but our problems won't go away even if funding is restored.

Alabama's unemployment rate increased in February -- and that may have been a good thing. The latest unemployment numbers were the subject of conversation in this week's episode of Money Talk, a ...