By Erica Thomas, managing editor MONTGOMERY — Alabama Governor Kay Ivet gave her State of the State address from just outside the old House Chamber in the Alabama State Capitol on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. Ivey talked about how COVID-19 has impacted the state, natural disasters, economic development, gambling, education, internet across the state and the Legislative Session. When looking back at a year ago today, Ivey said a lot of things have happened to add challenges to the state “At 2.7 %, Alabama had the lowest unemployment rate in our state’s history,” said Ivey. “We were seeing economic prosperity all around and, we were dealing with the wonderful problem of more jobs than people to fill them. During the past 12 months, Alabama – like the rest of the country – had no choice but to deal with one giant challenge after another.”