New unemployment figures are out today and they show that Alabama's jobless rate was up last month--going from seven-point-two percent in April to seven-point-four percent in May. Department of Industrial Relations Director Tom Surtees said the increase was expected, with new graduates entering the workforce and education staff not working during the summer months. Locally, unemployment rates were up slightly in Marshall, Etowah, Calhoun and Blount counties and were down slightly in DeKalb and Cherokee counties.
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