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Massachusetts jobless rate drops; Red Sox lay off workers

| September 18, 2020 10:27 AM

BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts unemployment rate, which soared during the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, fell nearly 5 percentage points in August to 11.3%, according to numbers released Friday by state and federal labor officials.

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