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Credit Eater Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary December 2020 unemployment rate was 6 percent, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency within the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet (EWDC). The preliminary December 2020 jobless rate was up 0.3 percentage points from November 2020 and up 1.7 percentage points from the 4.3 percent recorded for the state one year ago. The U.S. seasonally adjusted jobless rate for December 2020 was 6.7 percent, unchanged from November 2020, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Labor force statistics, including ...

The City of Elkton has been awarded a grant to preserve and manage local government records. Governor Andy Beshear's office announced the grant as a part of the

Katelyn Gray was a day care worker in Owensboro when she was laid off in March because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Like many others across the state, Gray filed for unemployment. She received two checks with the $600 in federal enhanced benefits. Then, the enhanced payments stopped. Gray’s employment reverted back to $150 every two weeks, then to $75, which is what Gray said she is still receiving. Meanwhile, Gray’s fiance, Joseph Curtis, who was also laid off, never received any unemployment. “He went back to work for a month or so and got laid off again,” Gray said in a re...

Credit Bath County Memorial Library In partnership with the Kentucky State Board for the Certification of Librarians, the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives (KDLA) within the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet has awarded the Library Science Tuition Scholarship to 10 public library professionals for the spring 2021 semester. Kentucky law requires public libraries be staffed by personnel certified by the Kentucky State Board for the Certification of Librarians. In an effort to ensure that public libraries are able to meet these requirements, the board offers the L...

Elizabeth Whitlock of the LaRue County Public Library is one of 10 library staffers across Kentucky to receive a Library Science Tuition Scholarship for the spring semester.