21 September 2019 - Tom Latek
Figures released this week by the Kentucky Education and Workforce Cabinet showed an uptick in the state's unemployment rate in August.
According to the Kentucky Center for Statistics, August's jobless rate was 4.4%, up 0.1% from July, and the same as August 2018. Kentucky remains above the national average, which was 3.7%, unchanged from July 2019, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.