On Thursday, Governor Kay Ivey announced the official launch of the new Alabama Department of Workforce at a kickoff event on the steps of the State Capitol in Montgomery. The event featured industry leaders, education partners, government officials and community representatives from across the state as they celebrated the consolidation of Alabama’s workforce development efforts.

“Alabama’s workforce is our greatest competitive advantage,” Gov. Ivey stated. “This unified approach connects individual career advancement to statewide prosperity, ensuring that our human capital drives continued economic growth across all communities.”

The new department is effectively a rebranding of the Alabama Department of Labor as a result of the Alabama Workforce Transformation Act, which Ivey signed in

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