Unemployment rises

The Education Cabinet released a report on the employment rate for October. You can see the October chart (PDF) here. You will need Adobe Acrobat to read it.

Unemployment rates rose in 114 Kentucky counties between October 2004 and October 2005, fell in five counties and stayed the same in one county, according to the Kentucky Office of Employment and Training in the Education Cabinet.

In October 2005, two counties had a jobless rate at or above 10 percent compared to one county that recorded double-digit rates in October 2004.

Woodford County’s 3.7 percent jobless rate was the lowest in the commonwealth. Other low rates were recorded in Jessamine and Scott counties, 4.1 percent each; Anderson, Fayette, Franklin, Madison and Oldham counties, 4.2 percent each; Warren County, 4.4 percent; and Calloway and Warren counties, 4.5 percent each.

Christian County recorded the state’s highest unemployment rate - 12.7 percent. It was followed by Magoffin County, 10.5 percent; Muhlenberg County, 9.6 percent; Elliott County, 8.6 percent; Wolfe County, 8.4 percent; Clay, Leslie, Lewis and Rockcastle counties, 8.2 percent each; and Morgan County, 8.1 percent.

Check out this poll from St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay's campaign website. It leaves off Senator Evan Bayh. I have no idea why. Speaking of 2008, New Hampshire Governor John Lynch will defend the Granite state with regards to the primary calendar.