Kentucky unemployment rate drops

Frankfort, Ky. — Kentucky’s official unemployment rate is trending downward since swelling to more than 15 percent at the height of the coronavirus outbreak. June’s jobless rate was 4.3 percent, mirroring the rate recorded for the state one year ago. Kentucky’s current unemployment rate is also much lower than the national average of 11.1 percent. The…

Kentucky Board of Education gives new education commissioner Jason Glass a four-year contract

By Kelly Austin FRANKFORT, Ky. (WBKO/AP) – The Kentucky Board of Education has given new education commissioner Jason Glass a four-year contract with an annual salary of $260,000. The contract approved Wednesday begins Sept. 14. Glass is a native of Brandenburg, Kentucky. Since 2017, he has been superintendent of Colorado’s second largest school district, Jeffco Public…