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March 15, 2021

Alabama Business Today

Alabama Basketball

Alabama SEC basketball championship gear now available

The Crimson Tide beat LSU on Sunday for the SEC tournament title and enters the NCAA tournament as a No. 2 seed.

By Mark Heim | mheim@al.com

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News

Alabama’s unemployment rate reaches lowest level of COVID pandemic

While still well above the pre-pandemic level of 2.7% of January 2020, the rate was better than the revised December unemployment rate of 4.7%. It was also below the U.S. unemployment rate of 6.3% for the month, and Department of Labor said.

By The Associated Press

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Georgia business strives to make best lightsaber in the galaxy

Deana and Alan Johnson, owners of the Cumming, Georgia, business, didn’t originally set out to create lightsabers for a living.

By By SARAH ROSE, Georgia Public Broadcasting

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Business

My family was forced to leave Birmingham

The day after the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church, on September 15th, 1963 – my father, Charles Morgan Jr., gave a speech to the Young Men’s Business Club in Birmingham, Ala. As a result of this speech, my family was forced to leave town.

By David Sher, Comeback Town

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Business

A new Piggly Wiggly coming to Mobile

Check out Kathy Jumper's column

By Kathy Jumper, Press-Register

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Business

Black Lives Matter holds rally Saturday for Amazon union vote

The event was billed as a solidary for the union with the Black Lives Matter movement.

By William Thornton | wthornton@al.com

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