Unemployment Relief May Be Hard to Come by for Some Kentuckians
The coronavirus has catapulted the number of unemployment claims in the United States to the highest numbers in recorded history. Unfortunately, Kentucky is no exception. The most recent data available indicates that for the week of April 18, 2024 there were 103,548 new unemployment filings in Kentucky, almost 4 times more than at the peak of recession (25,057). The Tax Foundation created an interactive chart for each state comparing new and continued unemployment claims to t