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…