The unemployment rate in Massachusetts inched upward in January, remaining a shade higher than the rate for the country as a whole, officials announced Friday. State labor officials said the ...

The statewide unemployment rate in Massachusetts rose slightly to 4.3% in December, above the national rate of 4.1% and where the Massachusetts rate was a year ago. February’s statewide rate is ...

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The state Department of Unemployment Assistance has received 271 federal claims since Feb. 9, according to a spokesperson for the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Department. That compares ...