6+ hour, 55+ min ago  (55+ words) Kentucky Today Have the latest local news delivered FREE every morning so you don't miss out on updates. Sorry, an error occurred. Account processing issue - the email address may already exist Must be at least 8 characters, not contain repeating characters…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (385+ words) The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index rose 0.6 point to 91.2 in June, a figure that is still below its year-ago reading of 95.2. Consumer attitudes worsened after the Iran war caused oil and gas prices to spike, accelerating…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (219+ words) FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) – Unemployment rates fell in 66 counties between April 2025 and April 2026, rose in 41 and stayed the same in 13 counties, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency within the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet. Woodford County recorded…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (605+ words) Hiring was better than the 65,000 forecasters had expected, though it decelerated from the 185,000 jobs created in March. The unemployment rate remained at a low 4.3%. The Iran war has caused the biggest disruption of global oil supplies in history and sent…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (456+ words) Luciano V. replaces the fuel nozzel after filling the tank of their 1999 Mazda Miata at an Astro gas station on Wednesday, April 29, 2026, in Portland, Ore. An inflation gauge monitored by the Fed rose 0.7% in March from February, up sharply from the…...

4+ mon, 4+ day ago  (807+ words) Republican Clay Fuller and Democrat Shawn Harris are advanci… Israel says Iran has been firing cluster munitions throughou… Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Tuesday, March 10, 2026. The S&P 500 dipped 0.2%, a day…...

5+ mon, 4+ day ago  (332+ words) Kentucky Today (KT) – State Budget Director John Hicks reported on Tuesday that January’s General Fund receipts totaled $1,358.5 million, a 3.7 percent decrease in collections compared to January 2025 totals. The official revenue forecast calls for General Fund…...

6+ mon, 3+ day ago  (345+ words) FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) – Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted November 2025 unemployment rate was 4.7 percent, according to data released Thursday by the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency within the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet. That was unchanged from September, and down 0.7 percent…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago  (331+ words) FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) – During his weekly press conference on Thursday, Gov. Andy Beshear warned that there could be a shortfall in state revenue for the current fiscal year, which ends June 30, 2026, and said there are two reasons for the…...

11+ mon, 1+ week ago  (360+ words) FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) – Gov. Andy Beshear announced Wednesday that Kentucky’s request for a 30-day extension to the Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) registration period for those impacted by the severe storms, straight-line winds and tornadoes that occurred in Kentucky on May…...