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New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, increased to 4,942 in the week ending May 11, up from 4,618 the week before, the Labor Department said. U.S. unemployment claims dropped to 222,000 last ...
U.S. unemployment claims dropped to 207,000 last week, down 5,000 from 212,000 the week prior on a seasonally adjusted basis. Rhode Island saw the largest percentage increase in weekly claims ...
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 ...
Commonwealth of Massachusetts; List of Massachusetts-related topics; List of U.S. state minerals, rocks, stones and gemstones; Lists of United States state insignia; Sacred Cod; Notes. Chapter 162 of the Acts of 1997: An Act Designating the Song "The Great State of Massachusetts" as the State Glee Club Song
B- for online access to government spending data (Public Interest Research Group, 2018) Corruption, out of 50 (higher numbers are better): 16 for convictions, 22 for convictions per capita, 49 as ranked by reporters, 39 in lacking stringent laws (2015) D+ for integrity (Center for Public Integrity, 2015) Transparency
That 3.8% unemployment figure for March is close to the national unemployment rate, which was 3.8%. Within the state's public sector, local government was up 3,800 jobs, or 3.8%. Employment in ...
Massachusetts ( / ˌmæsəˈtʃuːsɪts / ⓘ, /- zɪts / MASS-ə-CHOO-sits, -zits; Massachusett: Muhsachuweesut [məhswatʃəwiːsət] ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ...
Weld publicly endorsed former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney for the presidency on January 8, 2007; he was a co-chairman for Romney's campaign in New York State. On the same day that Weld endorsed Romney, Gov. and Mrs. Weld also raised $50,000 for Romney's exploratory committee. Weld personally made a donation of $2,100, the maximum allowed ...