Senate Pro Tem Greg Reed stopped by Capitol Journal late last week to discuss a number of topics important to Alabamians including workforce development. Reed said that he's excited with the work that "players and stakeholders" have contributed so far.

Every parent knows that raising a family comes with important decisions: where to send your child to school, what after-school activities they will participate in, or where you’ll take them to daycare. These decisions come at a significant cost, especially in an economy marked by Joe Biden’s soaring inflation rates. As inflation continues its upward […]

A new center aimed at educating and training future Alabama energy industry employees is coming to Jasper. In addition to the new building, a program has also been introduced that will further provide aid to employees and job seekers within the energy sector.

Alabama is already known agriculturally nationwide for its pecan production. Now, that profile is set to grow even further after New Mexico-based Southern Roots Nut Co. announced recently that it will be opening a pecan processing facility in Dothan.

North Alabama entrepreneurs will soon have the opportunity to compete in a Shark Tank-style event that could earn them as much as $25,000 in non-dilutive funding. 

As Governor Kay Ivey continues her fight against the United Auto Workers union, many in Alabama are offering praise for the state's highest elected official. Mark Mattox, Chairman of the Board for Associated Builders and Contractors of Alabama, has joined that group.

Yellowhammer News hosted its annual panel discussion Wednesday with the President Pro Tempore of the Alabama Senate and Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives. Now in year two of the quadrennium, it was the second installment of the event featuring Pro Tem Greg Reed and Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter alongside one another as leaders of their respective […]

President Pro Tem of the Alabama Senate Greg Reed (R-Jasper) addressed a group of business leaders on Tuesday morning to share challenges, accomplishments and opportunities facing state lawmakers now in week three of the 2024 legislative session.  He commended colleagues for their approach so far in tackling key legislative priorities such as the Senate-led effort […]

Former President Donald Trump and the head of the United Auto Workers, Shawn Fain, have never been on the best of terms. The years long conflict between the two recently picked back after the union leader gave his endorsement to Joe Biden for the 2024 presidential election.

LiTHOS has applied for a $30 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to upgrade its 55,000 square-foot plant in Bessemer to produce lithium hydroxide and create hundreds of jobs, the Canada-based company announced. Lithium is among one of the world’s most in-demand metals due to aggressive ambitious electrification efforts to limit CO2 emissions, […]

The Women’s Foundation of Alabama this week hosted their annual research showcase that brought together Alabama leaders to address the business case for child care, and the benefits that expanding access to child care would have on Alabama’s economy.  The event, “Clearing the Path: The Business Case for Child Care,” featured speakers including U.S. Chamber […]

A commission tasked with creating a path to modernize Alabama's workforce competitiveness has released what it calls a "landmark plan" to reshape the state’s workforce development initiatives.

The Alabama Department of Labor has reported that the state's labor force participation rate in December reached 57.2%. Fitzgerald Washington, the Secretary of the Alabama Department of Labor, discussed those numbers.

An organization dedicated to putting more women in Alabama's workforce and expanding their job opportunities is set to begin what it has labeled a strategic fundraising campaign. The Women's Foundation of Alabama announced this week that it is launching its newest fundraiser, the Watershed Campaign, with a goal of raising $7.5 million and moving 10,000 women into the workforce.

The multidisciplinary workforce develop program will spark social and economic change in rural communities by investing people and industries.

In 2010, when Republicans gained a majority in the Alabama Legislature after 135 years of Democratic control, they inherited all the legacy problems facing the state, including high joblessness, low household income, and high rates of poverty. In large measure, the GOP solution was economic development. The state reformed and increased its economic incentives package […]

The Alabama Robotics Technology Park in Decatur, Alabama is set to be the home of a new $30 million training center with a focus on electric vehicles and emerging technologies within the auto industry. The Alabama Department of Commerce announced the news Monday.

A team of students from the University of Alabama will compete in a premier national competition to design, build, test and integrate an advanced battery pack into a commercial electric vehicle. UA is one of 12 North American universities selected for the Battery Workforce Challenge collegiate competition. It is managed by Argonne National Laboratory for […]

WASHINGTON — Build Up Birmingham is the winner of the 2023 Housing Affordability Breakthrough Challenge. The unique workforce development high school combines academics with paid construction and real estate internships with opportunities for students to become homeowners and build generational wealth. Build Up Birmingham competed in the Housing Affordability Breakthrough Challenge, sponsored by The Wells Fargo […]

In good news for plant employees, Hyundai Motors has announced that it is instituting a new, more competitive wage structure for workers at its Montgomery Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama (HMMA) plant.

Two notable state organizations have announced that they have banded together to begin a new initiative that both hope will draw additional biotech firms into Alabama and also help to expand the already existing start up companies in the state.

The Alabama Community College System (ACCS) marked a major milestone in its mission to prepare Alabamians of all ages for the workforce with real skills, real training and real credentials. This week, ACCS opened the doors to the Innovation Center headquarters in Decatur on the heels of the announcement they’ve enrolled 7,700 Alabamians in the […]

As employment and workforce metrics are receiving renewed focus from state, legislative, education and business leaders, Alabama stands ready to become the workforce engine of the Southeast, Lt. Governor Will Ainsworth says. His Commission on 21st Century Workforce, established in 2019, met Wednesday to zero in on enhancing workforce competitiveness and tackling Alabama’s below-average labor […]

A panel of workforce development experts told the Alabama pro-growth policy conference the state will benefit from more collaboration to close real-world gaps in the pipeline to get jobs filled – and keep them filled.  Alabama’s labor force participation rate has been a priority topic for many state leaders as they see the numbers and […]