Regional

By AP

By Dan Modlin

Frankfort, KY – Kentucky's seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate
dropped to 5.3 percent in July. That marks a decline
of two-tenths of one percent from June's figures.

According to the Office of Employment and Training,
the state's unemployment rate in July of 2003 had
stood at 6.6 percent. The Department's Chief Labor
Market Analyst, Carlos Craycraft, says, "We continue
to have notably lower monthly unemployment rates
compared to the same month last year."

By AP

By AP

Frankfort, KY – Governor Fletcher says he plans to propose a "large and aggressive" education initiative, probably next week.
Fletcher says his plan will cover pre-school through adult education. he made the comments at his weekly news conference Friday at the state capitol.
Fletcher gave few details but he indicated an interest in a form of testing in which the same students are tracked year by year to gauge trends in their educational development.

By AP