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 ...

Illinois state Rep. Chris Miller says he speaks from painful experience when it comes to the subject of the state’s long struggling job market. “I'm a small business owner myself and I know that ...

Here's a look at how weekly unemployment claims changed in Massachusetts last week compared with the week prior.

Greater Boston continues to see economic growth, with the state’s gross domestic product in the increase. Still, there are ...

The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits dropped more than expected last week, signaling a still-resilient labor market despite slowing job opportunities. Initial jobless claims fell ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve left its benchmark interest rate unchanged Wednesday after cutting it three times in a ...

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 ...

With the Trump administration moving forward on its promise of mass deportations, the livestock and agriculture industries ...

Massachusetts experienced the same 4.1 percent unemployment rate in December as the country as a whole, officials said Friday ...

The state’s December total unemployment rate was 4.1%, a 0.1% increase from the revised November estimate of 4.0%, the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development announced. The […] ...

AND IT’S GOING TO REALLY HIT A WALL IN FUTURE YEARS WHEN IF THERE IS MASS UNEMPLOYMENT, BECAUSE OF THESE TRENDS IN ... The ...