FOR HELP. AND HE’S HERE WITH WHAT HE LEARNED. BEN MARIA. AND THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HERE IS CERTAINLY RISING, BUT IT’S STILL FAIRLY LOW. IT’S UNDER 5%. SO A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE REACHED OUT TO US, CAN’T ...

Central Massachusetts will not receive its September or October unemployment rates this month due to the ongoing effects of the longest federal government shutdown in history.

The unemployment rate in Massachusetts has been rising this year. It's now 4.8 percent, half a point higher than the national average. And many of those out of work say they've experienced long delays ...