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Beshear called the fraud of the employees ‘unacceptable’. click to download audioThe inspector general’s report said workers in the Office of Unemployment Insurance applied for jobless benefits to which they knew that they weren’t entitled and that certain state workers filed for jobless benefits without disclosing their continued full-time state employment on their claims. Rules require all jobs and wages to be identified. The report also said workers improperly accessed their own and friends’ jobless benefits claims in order to review them, and in some instances, override stops pl...

Report: Kentucky state workers gamed system for unemployment benefits during pandemic WKYT News Staff © Provided by Lexington WKYT A new report shows while thousands of Kentuckians waited to file for unemployment at the start of the pandemic a group of state workers gamed the system. FRANKFORT, Ky. (WKYT) - For the first time in about four years, several regional unemployment offices in Kentucky reopened for in-person appointments. This comes as thousands have reported issues with getting in touch with someone to help them with their claim. But, new details from a recent re...

Apr 14, 2021 5 hrs ago FRANKFORT, Ky. - The Governor’s School for Entrepreneurs (GSE), a highly competitive summer program where Kentucky high school students focus on product innovation and business model design, has announced the addition of a second summer session for 2021 to accommodate the ever-increasing demand for the GSE experience. The first session will run June 6-26 and the second session July 5-24. The selection of approximately 140 high school students will be announced April 16. Plans for an in-person program hosted by Northern Kentucky University (NKU) are unde...

Unemployment rates decreased in Whitley, Laurel, and Bell counties between January  2021 and February 2021, increased in McCreary County during that same time period, and stayed the same in Knox County, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. Whitley County Whitley County’s unemployment rate decreased from 5.6 percent in January 2021 to 5.4 percent in February 2021. Whitley County’s February 2021 unemployment rate was 0.4 percent higher than the February 2020 unemployment rate. February 2020 was the...

London, KY, USA / SAM 103.9 FM WWEL | Today's Pop Hits Apr 8, 2021 11:23 AM Unemployment rates decreased in Laurel and Whitley counties between January  2021 and February 2021, and stayed the same in Knox County, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. Laurel County’s unemployment rate decreased from 5.0 percent in January 2021 to 4.8 percent in February 2021. Laurel County’s February 2021 unemployment rate was the same as the February 2020 unemployment rate. Whitley County’s unemployment rate dec...