New numbers show just how far behind the Massachusetts unemployment system fell this year as the state's jobless rate rose.

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

BOSTON (AP) — A former Massachusetts state senator was sentenced Friday to 18 months in prison for scheming to defraud the state Department of Unemployment Assistance and collecting income that he ...

FITCHBURG, Mass. (WWLP) – Former Massachusetts State Senator Dean Tran was sentenced in federal court for scheming to defraud the Massachusetts Department of Unemployment Assistance and neglecting to ...

BOSTON (SHNS) – The massive wave of federal layoffs is starting to have a modest but noticeable impact on Massachusetts residents, the Healey administration indicated after launching a website Friday ...

FILE - Dean A. Tran, a former Fitchburg state senator and current Republican congressional candidate for the 3rd Congressional District, pleads not guilty to various charges including larceny of a ...