As the pandemic and its variants linger, companies are under increasing pressure to mandate vaccines. Employers and employees alike are beginning to question the legal ramifications of mandates in Madison County, as well as seeking clarifications about their potential culpability in enforcing them. Both parties have a flurry of questions ranging from ‘Can a business […]
Finally, the news that the Huntsville-Madison County community has been waiting for: the Huntsville Trader Joe’s location will open Thursday, September 30. The store will only be the second location in the entire state of Alabama, behind Birmingham’s location that opened back in 2015. Trader Joe’s is a national chain of community driven and focused […]
Huntsville’s growth is known far and wide, and last Thursday, September 09, Mayor Tommy Battle introduced the City of Huntsville’s FY 2022 General Fund Budget to keep up with the City’s growth. “Now that the 2020 census has deemed us the largest city in the state, we will continue our goal to be the best,” […]
Thinking about launching a new career? Concerned about losing your current position? Entry-level jobseeker, or restaurant management veteran? If so, GPS Hospitality, the North Alabama franchise for Burger King, Pizza Hut, and Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen is hosting a virtual job fair today from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Pizza Hut will be filling over 30 […]
It is a topic of conversation across the country but in Huntsville, workforce development is the greatest challenge city leaders face. Following the recent release of new 2020 census numbers now showing Huntsville as the largest city in Alabama, the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber of Commerce has kicked their strategic plan for economic development and workforce […]
Restaurant is set to open Oct. 26
Drake State Community & Technical College is one of six colleges and universities to win NASA’s Inclusion Across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (INCLUDES) award. The awards are made possible through NASA’s Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) and provide up to $1.2 million for a […]
Huntsville residents know this is a great place to work, live and raise a family. Well, the secret has gotten out and the Rocket City has received rave reviews in a pair of rankings released today by U.S. News and World Report. Huntsville has been rated the No. 1 in the “25 Best Affordable Places […]
Google has provided a $50,000 grant to the Rural Local Initiatives Support Corp. to create an Alabama Rural LISC chapter. Known as the Google Alabama Rural Works P3 Cohort, the company said the initiative will seek to identify and train a diverse workforce, focusing on historically underrepresented populations, in the state’s northern counties. “Rural communities […]
Madison County’s unemployment rate is 2.3 percent. Alabama’s unemployment rate is 3.6 percent. When we hear there is a labor shortage and a lot of people without jobs, those numbers don’t leave a lot of people on the unemployment rolls. A percentage of the 2.5 percent don’t meet the needs of employers for some reason […]
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