People filing new unemployment claims in Massachusetts and eligible existing claimants can now get benefits for 30 weeks.

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

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 ...

"The cracks in our broken unemployment insurance system are now becoming chasms," Christopher Carlozzi, Massachusetts state director for NFIB, said in a statement. "This is yet another example of the ...

Residents claiming unemployed benefits can now claim 30 weeks instead of 26, as concerns over the solvency of the fund mount.

BOSTON (WWLP) – Massachusetts residents can now receive up to 30 weeks of unemployment benefits, and it is because of Springfield’s climbing unemployment rate. When any of the Bay State’s ...

Massachusetts is boosting the maximum period for collecting jobless benefits to 30 weeks — a move that will strain the state’s unemployment trust fund, which is quickly running low on money.

An obscure Massachusetts law has triggered an extension of unemployment benefits after a regional jobless rate crossed a key threshold last month, just as concerns mount over the solvency of the ...