Source: KY Education & Workforce Cabinet

Kentucky’s unemployment rate rose to 4.5% in May 2026, up from 4.3% in April, reflecting continued labor market softness and a shrinking workforce as economic growth slows.

Transylvania University emphasizes that real-world experience begins during college, not after, through experiential learning programs connecting students with community organizations and professional opportunities across downtown Lexington.

Traffic design frustrations dominate r/Lexington today, with residents debating the city’s wheel-and-spoke road layout and inadequate transit options. Newcomers seek relocation advice for smaller towns, while construction chatter and a couple of service threads round out the forum.

A federal poverty-fighting program focused on reducing unintended pregnancies is about to undergo a major overhaul. Reproductive health clinics use Title X federal grant money to provide birth control, cancer screenings and testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections to people with little or no health insurance. Title X money cannot be used for abortions.…

Kentucky health experts are highlighting child medication safety during National Safety Month in June, warning about the dangers of unintended pediatric overdoses and urging parents to properly store and secure prescription and over-the-counter medications.

The Water Quality Fees Board is set to meet July 23 to select recipients for fiscal year 2027 neighborhood and education grants designed to fund water quality improvement projects throughout Fayette County.

The Urban County Council will consider three charter amendments on Thursday that stem from Lexington’s first Civic Assembly, including proposals to increase council member salaries, establish public accountability standards, and require regular charter reviews.

Are data centers the new coal? Or are they the new landfills? Or the new prisons? The comparisons aren’t perfect, but they are easy to make: a brand new shiny industry owned by out-of-state corporations comes to a beleaguered region with the promise of (some) jobs, part of an ephemeral promise to buttress the…

The LFUCG Budget, Finance and Economic Development Committee will consider infrastructure funding updates, a technology internship pilot program, and E911 funding sources when it meets Tuesday at 1 p.m.

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet closed multiple roads across central Kentucky on Wednesday due to severe weather that downed trees and utility lines, with impacts reported in Anderson, Jessamine and Woodford counties.