Kentucky’s beleaguered and antiquated unemployment assistance system — the same system that caused delays for hundreds of thousands of Kentuckians in need of unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (KFVS) - Kentuckians will now have more time to apply for Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) after the spring storms. Governor Andy Beshear announced on Wednesday, June 4 that ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Quickly after Kentucky recorded its first positive case of COVID-19 in March of 2020, the statewide shutdown began. Kids weren’t allowed in school and only what were deemed essential ...

Losing your job can be scary and stressful, and applying for unemployment can feel complicated, overwhelming and confusing — but you're not alone. Many Americans have found themselves in this position ...

Kentucky has awarded a long-awaited contract to replace its decades-old unemployment insurance system, which showed its shortcomings during the COVID-19 pandemic when a record surge of jobless claims ...

KENTUCKY (WKYT) - Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear announced on Monday that unemployment and SNAP benefits are available to residents of some disaster-affected Kentucky counties. The governor’s office ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (FOX 56) — Those who became unemployed due to severe storms and tornadoes that blew across Kentucky from May 16-17 will have an extra month to apply for unemployment help. Read more of ...

Last week, we learned that planned upgrades to the state’s constantly struggling unemployment insurance system would be delayed even longer because the state had to cancel a planned contract with a ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Kentucky’s December 2023 county unemployment was released in the new year. Between December 2022 and December 2023, unemployment rates increased in 115 counties, fell in ...

WESTERN Ky. (KFVS) - Governor Andy Beshear said the state will accept applications for Disaster Unemployment Assistance from people in six counties who are out of work as a result of severe storms and ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Governor Andy Beshear announced that Kentucky has officially set the record for the longest period with the lowest unemployment rates in state history as April 2023 wraps up.