News Featured Alabama is the State with the 8th best unemployment rate recovery Staff reportUpdated Aug 6, 2025 With the U.S. gaining 266,000 jobs in April, falling far short of the 1 million new jobs expected by experts, WalletHub today released updated…
Opinion Let’s keep the jobs we have By Staff Reports Oct 11, 2009 Most folks across East Alabama are struggling to make ends meet in this economy. In addition to working to help create new jobs, Congress also…
Archives Legislators differ from governor on stimulus By Staff Reports Feb 4, 2009 While local officials agree bipartisanism has to be more of a factor after hearing Gov. Bob Rileys State of the State Address, they differ sli…
Archives Education key to low unemployment rate By Staff Reports Jul 23, 2006 While the county’s unemployment rate has been steadily low as well as the state unemployment rate, we should not rest on our laurels.
Archives County jobless rate exceeds national average By Staff Reports Jul 19, 2003 While the nation’s unemployment rate rose to its worst level in nine years at 6.4 percent, Tallapoosa County’s unemployment rate surpassed tha…
