Alabama trailed all but four states in employment growth during 2012, according to data recently released by the U.S. Department of Labor. Federal statistics also show that the number of Alabamians employed in 2012 was 5 percent lower than in 2007, the peak year before the “Great Recession” of 2008–2009. Only three other states had worse records over this six-year…
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