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Jobs & The Economy

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Jobs Report Shows Kentucky Economy Stumbling, Heightens Need for Aid

A troubling new jobs report points to a potential slowing of Kentucky’s recovery with the pandemic continuing to rage, increasing...

Jason Bailey | August 21, 2020

Analysis

Expired $600 Unemployment Insurance Boost Leading to Hardship Among Jobless Kentuckians

On July 25, the extra $600 per week in unemployment benefits known as Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (PUC) expired for Kentuckians receiving jobless benefits, and the pain of that lost...

Dustin Pugel | August 17, 2020

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Kentucky’s Senators Must Agree to Adequate Federal Aid for the State to Survive Recession

A couple months ago, some public officials and corporate lobbyists began eagerly calling for states to reopen rapidly as the way to solve the COVID-19 problems of mass unemployment and...

Jason Bailey | July 16, 2020

Analysis

With Looming Expiration of Federal Aid, 1 in 4 Renting Kentuckians Might Not Make Next Month’s Rent

According to new weekly Census data, 26.1% of all Kentuckians who rent their homes have no confidence or only slight confidence that they will be able to pay next month’s...

Dustin Pugel | July 8, 2020

Analysis

Government Job Losses Are Already Weakening a Modest Return of Private Sector Employment

While new jobs data from May shows a small uptick in employment, Kentucky continues to struggle with unprecedented job loss. And a close look at the data shows troubling signs...

Jason Bailey | June 23, 2020

Op-Ed

An Equity-Focused Pandemic Policy Response Helps Us All

Acknowledging the disparate infection and death rates for Black Kentuckians from the COVID-19 pandemic, last week Governor Andy Beshear committed to ensuring that all Black Kentuckians have health coverage. The...

Anna Baumann and Dustin Pugel | June 18, 2020

Analysis

Black Kentucky Workers Have Been Disproportionately Laid Off During the COVID-19 Downturn

Black Kentuckians are experiencing job loss at a higher rate as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic than white Kentuckians, according to new unemployment insurance data. A long history of...

Dustin Pugel | June 8, 2020

Analysis

COVID-19 Downturn Is Hitting Certain Industries and Regions of the State Especially Hard

Kentucky lost 15.5% of its jobs in April due to the COVID-19 pandemic with industries like hotels, restaurants and manufacturing especially hard hit. Because urban areas tend to have more...

Dustin Pugel | May 28, 2020

Analysis

What’s in the HEROES Act for Kentucky

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the HEROES Act, a bill that would provide the kind of substantial economic relief Kentucky and other states need in the face of...

Dustin Pugel and Jason Bailey | May 22, 2020

Analysis

Nearly One in Three Kentucky Workers May Be Out of a Job

Although March’s official unemployment rate was 5.8%, once the unprecedentedly high volume of unemployment insurance claims made over the last 6 weeks is taken into account, Kentucky’s actual jobless rate...

Dustin Pugel | April 30, 2020

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