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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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The Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development reported Tuesday that unemployment rates were down in all labor market areas for March. GRAPHIC BY SAMANTHA GROSS/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Seasonal unemployment rates down in Boston, report says

Paige Smith April 23, 2015

The Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development reported Tuesday that seasonally adjusted unemployment rates were down in March, with the largest job gains within the Boston-Cambridge-Newton...

The Massachusetts employment-population ratio increased from 60 percent in January 2014 to 62.3 percent in January 2015. GRAPHIC BY ALEXANDRA WIMLEY/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Task force established to combat chronic unemployment

Amanda Burke March 16, 2015

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker announced in a Thursday press release the creation of a government task force of state government officials and appointed community members to address chronically unemployed...

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