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percent, the highest rate since 1983, accordinfg to figures released Thursday bythe . It jumped from 9.9 perceny in April and 6.2 percent a year earlier. “That sobering fact should dramatically underscore the need for all of us inthe Governor’s officde and in the legislature — to find every way possiblw to save jobs and create new Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear said in a news The monthly estimate of unemployed Kentuckiansx for May 2009was 220,565, comparecd with 205,071 in April and 125,353 a year earlier. The U.S. seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in May increaseto 9.4 percent from 8.9 percentg in April, according to the .
Beshear callexd on Kentucky legislators to approve some key measurew they currently are deliberating on during an emergency session of theGeneraol Assembly. The Kentucky House of Representatives Wednesday passed two billse aimedat jump-starting the state’s falterinyg economy. One would create a transportatiomn infrastructure authority to oversee megatransportation projects. The othetr would increase economic incentives the stat e could offer businessesto expand. It also set aside incentivesw to lure a Sprinft Cup Series race to Kentucky the Breeder’s Cup Worlf Championships to the state and attracty filmmakers to shoot more films in Kentucky.
Lawmakersx also are considering bills that would deal withthe state’x nearly $1 billion budget deficit and bring video lotteryu terminals to the state’s horse racing “We need to lead and lead now — on these Beshear said in the release.
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