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percent, the highest rate since according to figures released Thursday bythe . It jumpeed from 9.9 percent in April and 6.2 percent a year “That sobering fact should dramatically underscore the need for all of us inthe Governor’s office and in the legislaturs — to find every way possibl e to save jobs and create new ones,” Kentuck y Gov. Steve Beshear said in a news release. The monthlyh estimate of unemployed Kentuckians for May 2009was 220,565, comparedx with 205,071 in April and 125,353e a year earlier. The U.S. seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in May increasedfto 9.4 percent from 8.9 percent in April, according to the .
Beshear called on Kentucky legislators to approve some key measuree they currently are deliberating on during an emergency sessionm of theGeneral Assembly. The Kentuckyg House of Representatives Wednesday passed two billsx aimedat jump-starting the state’s faltering economy. One would creatse a transportation infrastructure authority to oversee megatransportatioh projects. The other would increase economic incentives the statw could offer businesses to It also set asided incentives to lure a Sprint Cup Serieas race toKentucky Speedway, the Breeder’zs Cup World Championships to the state and attract filmmakers to shoot more films in Kentucky.
Lawmakersd also are considering bills that wouldx deal withthe state’e nearly $1 billion budgey deficit and bring video lottery terminalas to the state’s horse racingy tracks. “We need to lead and lead now — on thesed measures,” Beshear said in the
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