Alabama Department of Industrial Relations

The largest global industrial wood pellet supplier filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, announcing its intention to cut about $1 billion of debt by restructuring agreements with creditors, including those who have invested heavily in new facilities. That includes a plant in Alabama.

Alabama Labor Commissioner Tom Surtees is stepping down after a decade of leading major state agencies for two governors.It's rare for someone to serve in…

Alabama's unemployment rate has declined for the second month to 8.1 percent. The state Department of Industrial Relations announced Friday that October's…

The Alabama Department of Industrial Relations and the Alabama Department of Labor will merge Oct. 1, with the new department known as the Department of…