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Tue October 23, 2012
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Business and the Economy

Unemployed Voters Look to Government for Help

By Scott Sloan, Lexington Herald-Leader
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Credit Pablo Alacala/Lexington Herald-Leader
Robert Green, left and John Clark, center of Schwan's home delivery grocery store spoke with Charles Parsley during a job fair for veterans at Northeast Christian Church in Lexington on Oct. 17.

Across the state, employers of all types — manufacturers, banks, governments and even hospitals, part of the typically strong health-care industry — have laid off employees in recent years. Kentucky's unemployment rate has fallen in recent months, but it continues to trail the national measure. The state's jobless rate might be primed to rise again as those who had given up on finding jobs try again. Once they begin searching for a job again, they'll be counted as part of the rate, which is based only on active job seekers. As the hard times persist for many, they have looked to the government for answers in what has become a constant topic in election stump speeches.

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