President Obama says a new jobs report out Friday is more good news about the economy. But he cautioned the public that the unemployment rate may still go up and down in the coming months.
In the most impressive surge for the job market since early last year, the United States added 243,000 jobs in January, far more than economists expected. The unemployment rate dropped to 8.3 percent, the lowest in three years.
The Obama administration scrambled Thursday to contain a growing election-year outcry over its decision that church-affiliated employers must cover birth control regardless of their religious principles.
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Kentucky's deadline for legislative hopefuls to file for election has been postponed for a week while a judge weighs the constitutionality of newly drawn district boundaries.
A judge handling a high-profile court case sparked by Kentucky's redrawn legislative districts is expected to rule with 24 hours on whether to postpone Tuesday's deadline for candidates wanting to run in this year's House and Senate elections.
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President Obama says a new jobs report out Friday is more good news about the economy. But he cautioned the public that the unemployment rate may still go up and down in the coming months.
In the most impressive surge for the job market since early last year, the United States added 243,000 jobs in January, far more than economists expected. The unemployment rate dropped to 8.3 percent, the lowest in three years.
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A Republican challenge to Kentucky's redistricting plan that was signed by Gov. Steve Beshear, a Democrat, is holding up filing of a gambling constitutional amendment for voters to consider.
Saboteurs have hacked into the websites of several law enforcement agencies worldwide in attacks attributed to the collective called Anonymous, including in Boston and in Salt Lake City, where police say personal information of confidential informants and tipsters was accessed.
President Obama says a new jobs report out Friday is more good news about the economy. But he cautioned the public that the unemployment rate may still go up and down in the coming months.
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A Republican challenge to Kentucky's redistricting plan that was signed by Gov. Steve Beshear, a Democrat, is holding up filing of a gambling constitutional amendment for voters to consider.
Gov. Steve Beshear announced Friday a $1 million block grant to help build ten new homes in the area of 19th Street.
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Even though the game isn't until Sunday evening, Indianapolis has been busy this week with Super Bowl festivities.
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The mother of a 5-month-old baby who drowned in a backyard kiddie pool last summer was indicted by a Dearborn County grand jury on Friday.