Recap and analysis of the past week in state government in Massachusetts.
State House News Service
Job Gains Slowed To A Trickle in August
After holding flat at 4.9 percent in July, the unemployment rate creeped back up a bit in August.
Auto Body Shops Continue To Protest Labor Rates
Insurer Group Says Shops Feeling Pinch Of Fewer Claims
Costs Pushing More People Into Poverty In Massachusetts
Massachusetts was one of 11 states in which an alternate measure of poverty that accounts for government stimulus and the costs of housing, commuting and medical care was higher over the last three years than the poverty rate as traditionally measured, the U.S. Census Bureau said Tuesday. Going by the three-year average of the bureau’s […]
Kelley Confirmed For Federal Judgeship
Kelley will become the second African American woman judge and the second Asian American judge to serve on the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts,
