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  2. State's unemployment claims bucked the national trend last ...

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    New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, increased to 8,103 in the week ending April 20, the Labor Department said. There were 4,538 claims the week before. U.S. unemployment claims dropped to ...

  3. List of U.S. states and territories by unemployment rate

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    The list of U.S. states and territories by unemployment rate compares the seasonally adjusted unemployment rates by state and territory, sortable by name, rate, and change. Data are provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in its Geographic Profile of Employment and Unemployment publication. [1] [2] While the non-seasonally adjusted data ...

  4. Unemployment claims in Massachusetts declined last week - AOL

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    April 20, 2024 at 4:31 AM. 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 ...

  5. Unemployment claims, a key figure of economic strength, fell ...

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    U.S. unemployment claims dropped to 212,000 last week, down 8,000 claims from 220,000 the week prior on a seasonally adjusted basis. Kentucky saw the largest percentage increase in weekly claims ...

  6. Unemployment insurance in the United States - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Unemployment insurance in the United States, colloquially referred to as unemployment benefits, refers to social insurance programs which replace a portion of wages for individuals during unemployment. The first unemployment insurance program in the U.S. was created in Wisconsin in 1932, and the federal Social Security Act of 1935 created ...

  7. Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce ...

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    Leadership. The current Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development is Lauren Jones, who was appointed by Governor Maura Healey in January 2023.. Mission. The EOLWD missions is to enhance the quality, diversity and stability of Massachusetts' workforce by making available new opportunities and training, protecting the rights of workers, preventing workplace injuries and illnesses, ensuring ...

  8. Unemployment claims in Massachusetts declined last week - AOL

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    U.S. unemployment claims dropped to 210,000 last week, down 2,000 claims from 212,000 the week prior on a seasonally adjusted basis. Missouri saw the largest percentage increase in weekly claims ...

  9. Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    Massachusetts is the sixth-smallest state by land area. With over seven million residents as of 2020, [note 1] it is the most populous state in New England, the 16th-most-populous in the country, and the third-most densely populated, after New Jersey and Rhode Island. Massachusetts was a site of early English colonization.