Alabama Unemployment Rate Lowest Since 2008
Governor Robert Bentley on Friday announced that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted July unemployment rate is 5.7%, down from June’s rate of 6.0%, and below July 2015’s rate of 6.1%. July’s rate represents 123,095 unemployed persons, compared to 130,298 in June and 130,098 in July 2015. “We continue to see decreases in Alabama’s unemployment rate, and increases in both of our…