Kentucky's unemployment rate soared in March, reaching a 25-year high of 9.8 percent and well outpacing the nation's as a whole.
Driven by job losses in the manufacturing and construction industry, the rate increased from 9.3 percent in February and skyrocketed from 5.9 percent in March 2008, the state Office of Employment and Training said Friday.
The manufacturing sector lost 2,700 jobs in March, the 10th straight month of job losses. The sector has shed 36,900 jobs since last March.
And what's the Republican response?
