• "In the month of July, Kentucky’s unemployment rate dropped from an awful 9.6 percent to a slightly less awful 9.5 percent. High as it is, this marked the fifth straight month that the unemployment rate dropped — almost a full percent since the start of the year — and the 18th straight month that the number of employed persons rose. So there’s that." [LEO Weekly]
• "The Jefferson County Board of Education voted Monday night to approve a slight increase in its property tax rate for the 2011-12 fiscal year. The board voted unanimously to raise the tax rate to 67.7 cents per $100 assessed value for real estate and personal property from 67.6 cents." [Courier-Journal]
• "The North Oldham Little League team’s quest for a World Series title has ended with an extra-inning defeat.
  The team from La Grange was eliminated by Georgia 8-5 in the Little League World Series today in Williamsport, Pennsylvania." [WFPL]

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