Massachusetts

Massachusetts unemployment surge no problem for modernized system

One state’s unemployment insurance modernization effort a few years ago spared it from much of the COVID-19-related turmoil affecting many others.

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Water from New York Harbor surrounds the southern tip of New York's Manhattan borough on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017, seen from aboard a Staten Island Ferry. Superstorm Sandy roared ashore five years ago, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, devastating the coastlines of New Jersey, New York and parts of Connecticut and becoming one of the costliest storms in U.S. history. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Military COLA payments to shrink significantly in 2019

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