BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Alabama employers reported a record 2.22 million jobs in June, even as the state’s unemployment rate rose and its labor force shrank from a year earlier, according to preliminary data from the Alabama Department of Workforce. “We are adding jobs every month, and breaking records,” Workforce Secretary Greg Reed said in the […]

WASHINGTON — The National Republican Congressional Committee added Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District to its target list Monday after redistricting made the seat more favorable for Republicans. The House Republicans’ campaign arm aims to unseat Rep. Shomari Figures, D-Mobile, this year in the new 2nd District, where President Donald Trump would have won by 14 points […]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tropical Storm Bertha strengthened in the Gulf of Mexico and was moving slowly toward the Florida Panhandle and Alabama, causing a tropical storm warning and storm surge watches, forecasters said. The storm was about 110 miles south of Panama City, Florida, and 170 miles southeast of Mobile, Alabama, and moving northwest […]