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The state released its latest unemployment figures and it's not good news for Greater New Bedford.

If you’ve been struggling to find a new job, get that first job out of college or get back to work, perhaps it’s a change of location you need. The unemployment rate is not equal across the states, and for all the tough economic news of the past several years, things aren't all that bad in certain places.

A friendlier New Bedford is the goal of a Community Action Plan signed by local organization members Wednesday. Mayor Jon Mitchell, representatives of the NAACP, the Puerto Rican and Latin American Culture Committee, the Human Relations Commission, and members of the faith community agreed to improve the statues of various social issues outlined in the document over the next five years... Read Mor

State officials say the Massachusetts economy added 7,500 jobs in December, but the unemployment rate still edged up by one-tenth of a percentage point to 6.7 percent. The state Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development announced Thursday that the unemployment rate rose from 6...

Greater New Bedford maintained the same unemployment rate as a year ago. It stands at 9.5% and is still the second highest in the state. In terms of actual numbers, over the past year, Greater New Bedford has seen an increase of 642 people to the workforce and only 50 more workers unemployed than a year ago...

Massachusetts lost more than one thousand jobs in November, but the state's unemployment rate remained unchanged at 6.6 percent.

The state is alerting about a fifth of those workers currently receiving unemployment that they could lose their benefits if Congress doesn't act by December 29th.

The Massachusetts unemployment rate ticked up to 6.6 percent in October even as the state's economy added nearly 8,000 jobs.

The State Office of Labor and Workforce Development has released the latest local unemployment numbers for September.

The state is out with a mixed jobs report showing Massachusetts gained 5,100 jobs in September, even as the unemployment rate crept up two-tenths of a point to 6.5 percent.