Former Kentucky EWD Cabinet Secretary Derrick Ramsey to lead strategic partnerships at KCTCS
Derrick K. Ramsey, former secretary of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet and the state’s Labor Cabinet, has joined…
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For second year, Newport’s GED program is #1 in the state; partners with Brighton Center, Jailer Jim Daley
For the second year in a row, the Newport Independent School General Educational Development (GED) program – Campbell County Adult…
Boone, Kenton and Campbell among counties with lowest unemployment rates in states latest report
Unemployment rates rose in nine Kentucky counties, fell in 110 counties, and stayed the same in Breathitt County between March…
Boone, Kenton, Campbell among counties reporting lowest unemployment rates in state’s latest report
Unemployment rates rose in 14 Kentucky counties between January 2021 and January 2022, fell in 103, and stayed the same…
Latest Kentucky unemployment report shows jobless rate down slightly in January to 4.4%
Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary January 2022 unemployment rate was 4.4%, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS). The preliminary…
Latest unemployment report shows Boone County among lowest jobless rates in Commonwealth
Unemployment rates fell in 119 counties between December 2020 and December 2021 and remained at 8% in Breathitt County, according…
Unemployment rates rose in only two Ky. counties in past year; Boone Co. among those with lowest rates
Unemployment rates rose in two Kentucky counties between September 2020 and September 2021, fell in 116, and stayed the same…
Unemployment rates fall in all Kentucky counties in August; Boone County among lowest rates in state
Unemployment rates fell in all 120 Kentucky counties between August 2020 and August 2021. No county unemployment rates rose or…
Amazon celebrates first-ever graduating class of GED pilot program at Shepherdsville fulfillment center
Amazon celebrated its first-ever GED advancement pilot program graduation this week at the company’s Shepherdsville fulfillment center. Amazon launched the…
First school risk assessment report finds nearly all of Ky’s schools compliant with access control measures
Nearly all of Kentucky’s schools are compliant with the School Safety and Resiliency Act (SSRA), in large part due to…
Northern Kentuckians can get free training through new Code Kentucky software development program
Northern Kentuckians have a new pathway into the booming technology sector: Code Kentucky. This new software development training program, funded…
KDLA summer reading program participants to be given chance to win $1,000 college savings account
Four Kentucky children will each win $1,000 to put toward a college savings account this year by participating in a…
KCDHH encouraging Kentuckians to act on common and often ignored early signs of hearing loss
With an estimated 48 million Americans experiencing hearing loss, the Kentucky Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (KCDHH)…
Annual unemployment report for 2020 shows jobless rates increased in all but one Kentucky county
Annual unemployment rates increased in 119 Kentucky counties in 2020 compared to 2019, and decreased in Clinton County, according to…
Twenty NKy high school students among 120 selected for Governor’s School for Entrepreneurs
The Governor’s School for Entrepreneurs (GSE), a highly competitive summer program where Kentucky high school students focus on product innovation…
Education groups launch statewide campaign after 19 percent drop in FAFSA filings for high school seniors
Education groups in Kentucky are launching an information campaign this month calling on students to submit the Free Application for…
Governor’s School for Entrepreneurs summer program culminates Aug. 1 with virtual Demo Day
The Governor’s School for Entrepreneurs’ (GSE) three-week summer program will culminate Aug. 1 with a first-ever virtual Demo Day. From…
Beshear reports 674 new COVID-19 cases, second-highest daily number, 3 deaths; surge continues
Gov. Andy Beshear reported 674 new COVID cases on Tuesday, 23 of them from children 5 and under, and three…
Legislative Research Commission staff drafted to assist with unemployment benefits backlog
Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers and House Speaker David Osborne have instructed Legislative Research Commission (LRC) Director Jay D. Hartz…
Kenton County librarian Brandstetter among those awarded tuition scholarship for Spring 2020 semester
The Department for Libraries and Archives (KDLA) within the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet has awarded the Library Science…
Secretary Ramsey: Kentucky Leading the Way in Education, Workforce Development
Four years ago, I was given the tremendous honor of joining an Administration that was committed to changing the trajectory…
Unemployment falls in 85 KY counties in October over last year; three NKY counties have low rates
Unemployment rates fell in 85 Kentucky counties between October 2018 and October 2019, rose in 24 and stayed the same…