Alabama now officially has a Department of Workforce. Late Friday, Gov. Kay Ivey announced the state’s Department of Labor would officially change its name and focus on Feb. 1, with former State Sen.

Alabama’s labor force participation rate, which lags behind the national average, increased slightly in April, the Alabama Department of Labor said, and the total number of people employed in the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WHNT) — Some Alabamians ...