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Massachusetts unemployment up to 4.1%, matching national rate
Massachusetts experienced the same 4.1 percent unemployment rate as the country, ending a nearly two-year streak of comparatively lower joblessness in the Bay State.
Massachusetts will have to pay interest costs related to $2.5B unemployment benefit error
State will pay $2.034B to the federal government from the employer-funded unemployment insurance trust fund and $73M in ...
Mass. employers remain optimistic on economy, AIM index shows
The state’s employers again expressed a mix of economic caution and optimism in the newest Business Confidence Index from ...
Mass. economy slows amid ‘stagnant employment growth,’ report says
In the fourth quarter of 2024, the state’s economy expanded at an annual rate of 1.1 percent, according to MassBenchmarks, a ...
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Massachusetts unemployment claims declined last week
Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Massachusetts dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to ...
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Ex-Mass. lawmaker sentenced for scamming pandemic unemployment funds
BOSTON (AP) — A former Massachusetts state senator was sentenced Friday to 18 months in prison for scheming to defraud the state Department of Unemployment Assistance and collecting income that ...
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Mass. unemployment up to 4.1%, matching national rate
Massachusetts experienced the same 4.1% unemployment rate in December as the country as a whole, officials said Friday, ending a nearly two-year streak of comparatively lower joblessness in the ...
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Massachusetts unemployment claims declined last week
Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Massachusetts dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs ...