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Statewide unemployment rates decrease, local rates slightly rise

For October the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet reports that statewide unemployment rates have seen a slight decrease since September, while local rates have had a slight increase. The cabinet shared that the state unemployment rate for October was 3.8% dropping from September’s rate of 4.1% and matching that rate from October 2022. In the Pennyrile region the October unemployment rate remained 4.7% from September. However, across Christian, Todd and […]

todayDecember 3, 2023 1

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Unemployment dropped in Christian, Todd and Trigg last month

Unemployment dropped from November to December in eight of nine Pennyrile counties. Christian County’s December jobless rate was 4.5 percent, down from 4.9 percent in November and down from 5.4 percent a year ago. It meant 1,123 people who were looking for work were unable to find it. Todd County maintains the lowest unemployment rate in all of western Kentucky at 3.2 percent, down from 3.7 percent in November and […]

todayJanuary 26, 2018 2

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