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  • Unemployment Benefit Applications Stuck Above 400K

    June 30, 2011 10:20 AM

    WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits was mostly unchanged last week, evidence that the weak economy is struggling to generate jobs. Unemployment benefit applications ticked down 1,000 to a seasonally adjusted 428,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. Applications have topped 400,000 for 12 straight... more »
  • Mongiardo To Lead Protests Of Bunning's Funding Hold Play Video

    March 1, 2010 2:26 PM

    Lt. Governor Daniel Mongiardo, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, will lead two public protests of Kentucky Senator Jim Bunning’s decision to single-handedly stop the funding of unemployment and health insurance benefits for more than 119,230 Kentuckians. Two thousand federal transportation workers were furloughed without pay on Monday. Federal reimbursements... more »
  • State Now Accepting Claims For Unemployment Extensions

    December 2, 2009 2:31 PM

    Kentucky is now accepting claims for the latest Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) extension. Earlier this year, Gov. Steve Beshear pushed Congress for this relief, and President Obama signed the extension into law on on November 6. It potentially provides up to 14 additional weeks of federally funded compensation to Kentucky’s... more »
  • Kentucky unemployed may receive extended benefits

    November 18, 2009 4:01 AM

    FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) Unemployed Kentuckians may be eligible for extended unemployment insurance benefits. The extension runs up to 20 weeks, and the state Office of Employment and Training says it will first work on contacting those people who have already exhausted all 79 weeks of benefits. The agency says nearly... more »