Legislative Leadership seeks to continue progress with 2012 jobs agenda MONTGOMERY – Alabama is reducing its unemployment rate faster than any state in the nation, which is a testament to the difference pro-growth economic policies can have on job creation, Alabama’s Legislative Leadership said Thursday. Alabama’s unemployment rate for December was 8.1 percent, down from [...]

Republican leaders in the Alabama Legislature said Wednesday that their priority at the beginning of the 2012 regular session next month will be to pass bills that will encourage businesses to create jobs. Senate President Pro-Tem Del Marsh said the first bills he expects to come up for consideration in the Senate are measures that [...]

JOBS, AND the need to create more of them, are the single biggest challenge Alabama faces right now. More jobs would mean more tax revenue for public education and all of the other services that have been badly cut in the past couple of years. Highlights of the Republican jobs agenda, announced last week, include [...]

Strategic incentives, halting burdensome regulations, workforce development, helping veterans land jobs highlight comprehensive agenda MONTGOMERY- Alabama’s top legislative leaders today detailed an aggressive agenda aimed at helping more Alabamians find jobs by offering strategic tax incentives for new and expanding companies, easing burdensome government regulations, connecting unemployed Alabamians with available jobs through investments in workforce [...]

The National Federation of Independent Business, Alabama’s leading small business association, has presented state Sen. Del Marsh  with its prestigious Guardian of Small Business award. Marsh, a member of NFIB and President Pro Tempore of the Senate, represents the 12th District, which is comprised of Calhoun and St. Clair counties. The Guardian of Small Business award [...]