While state leaders continue to tout low unemployment rates, some rates in southwest Alabama remain high. In fact, for January Wilcox County has the highest unemployment rate in the state at 8.8%, Clarke County is second at 5.9% and Dallas County is third at 5.4%. The state’s rate is 2.6%, unchanged from December. “I’m proud to kick off 2023 with a continuation of Alabama’s lowest ever unemployment rate,” said Gov. Kay Ivey. “We have been enjoying a period of low unemployment, high wages and high jobs count for some time now, and I believe that more is yet to come....

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