The state is now accepting applications for Disaster Unemployment Assistance for those who are out of work as a result of historic flooding in early April. 

“Basically what it tells us is we've seen improvement from last year, but we still have a long way to go,” Kentucky Auditor Mike Harmon says.

Kentucky Labor Cabinet Secretary Jamie Link spoke before the Kentucky Labor Management Conference on Tuesday.

The Kentucky Office of Unemployment Insurance mailed Notice of Determination letters to around 14,000 unemployment insurance claimants who were overpaid in 2020. 

According to a news release from OUI, the change was made "in an effort to protect unemployment insurance claimants from fraud."

It's unclear clear how many checks were mistakenly sent out, but the notice from OUI comes with 80,000 unemployment claims still unprocessed.