Alabama Unemployment Rate Up
Still too high for Governor to receive a salary.
(Photo by Tim Lennox)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Alabama’s unemployment rate is up to 6.4 percent despite improvement in the national jobless picture.
The state released statistics Monday showing the January rate was up one-tenth of a percent from the December rate of 6.3 percent. It was also well above the year-ago rate of 6.1 percent.
Governor Robert Bentley was elected partly because of his pledge not to accept any salary until the Alabama unemployment rate was 5.2%. It has not gone that low since his first election.
(The Associated Press contributed to this report)
