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The Gig Economy in 2015

Sep 03, 2015 at 02:50 pm by admin

The gig economy has no standard definition, according to Monica Oss of OpenMinds.com, "but it's a shorthand reference to the growing numbers of Americans who no longer hold a.... Read More

It sucks to be a Millennial

Sep 03, 2015 at 02:50 pm by admin

(Clinton, KY) - As we were driving back from Louisville last weekend, Ivan began reading an article in Washington Monthly to me. He stopped reading somewhere around Beaver Dam.... Read More

Get Real UK: Hemp is a weed. Just throw the seed into the ground

Aug 20, 2015 at 02:26 pm by admin

Clinton, KY. August 20, 2015 - Once again the urgency to consider hemp as an alternative crop comes out of the blue. The closing of the Wickliffe paper mill and loss of those.... Read More

Gov. Beshear Announces Grayson, Hickman as Newest 'Kentucky Work Ready Communities in Progress'

Aug 20, 2015 at 01:46 pm by admin

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Aug. 20, 2015) - Governor Steve Beshear today announced that Grayson and Hickman counties have been certified as Kentucky Work Ready Communities in Progress..... Read More

Wickliffe Paper Mill to close - 310 jobs lost

Aug 20, 2015 at 01:40 pm by admin

Just seven months after purchasing the paper mill formerly known as NewPage and formerly-formerly known as Westvaco, Verso Corp is closing the plant down. See the press releas.... Read More

What the Research Says About "Right to Work" laws

Apr 15, 2015 at 01:10 pm by admin

Report touches on lack of employment growth and lower wages in RTW states The effort to promote "right to work" laws with local governments in Kentucky is founded on claims ab.... Read More

President's Remarks in Louisville - transcript

Apr 06, 2015 at 10:44 am by admin

REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT ON TECHHIRE INITIATIVE InDatus Solutions Louisville, Kentucky 6:15 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody! Hello! (Applause.) Please, please, h.... Read More

Ballard and Marshall designated Work Ready Communities in Progress.

Mar 02, 2015 at 01:45 pm by admin

Governor Steve Beshear has announced that Ballard County and Marshall County have been certified as a Kentucky Work Ready Communities In-Progress. The Kentucky Work Ready Comm.... Read More

Ballard and Marshall designated Work Ready Communities in Progress.

Mar 02, 2015 at 01:36 pm by admin

Governor Steve Beshear has announced that Ballard County and Marshall County have been certified as a Kentucky Work Ready Communities In-Progress. The Kentucky Work Ready Comm.... Read More

KSP looking for officers

Sep 13, 2010 at 06:35 pm by admin

Troopers Wanted The Kentucky State Police announces testing for trooper applicants will be held the week of October 18, 2010 at the Department of Criminal Justice Training lo.... Read More

Unemployment numbers rise in October

Nov 19, 2009 at 04:24 pm by admin

Kentucky's jobless rate increased to 11.2% in October  Changes between October 2008 and October 2009 -Overall employment down 4.3% -Nonfarm employment down 81,900.... Read More

Biomass - the promise of jobs for farm communities

Sep 17, 2009 at 04:59 pm by admin

It is no secret that the ninety eight counties in the Mississippi River Delta region from Mississippi up to Kentucky have bled manufacturing jobs for decades. Making things ha.... Read More

Hayes wins post as econ dev cab secretary

Aug 07, 2009 at 03:31 pm by admin

UPDATE: 8/7/09 - Friday afternoon - Governor Beshear appoints Larry Hayes as Cabinet Secretary.  Budget Chief Mary Lassiter will take over as Secretary of the Cabinet.... Read More

June job losses the worst since 1983- every county loses jobs in past year

Jul 16, 2009 at 01:21 pm by admin

UPDATE : FRANKFORT, Ky. (July 23, 2009) — Unemployment rates rose in all 120 Kentucky counties between June 2008 and June 2009, according to the Kentucky Office of Emp.... Read More

Why Not West Kentucky?

May 27, 2009 at 12:01 pm by admin

The Charlotte Observer is reporting that that the state of North Carolina is offering a sweet deal to Apple to set up a “server farm” for the East Coast. The.... Read More