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Massachusetts Sees Record Unemployment Claims … Again

Matthew McDonald

Massachusetts just set a new record — in unemployment claims filed.

In the week ending on Saturday, March 28, there was a state record 181,062 new unemployment claims filed on top of the 148,452 filed the week before.

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Rhode Island Using National Guard To Monitor State Borders

Matthew McDonald

The Rhode Island National Guard is ready to track who is coming into the Ocean State.

According to The Hartford Courant, the soldiers began appearing at checkpoints near the Connecticut border on Wednesday, April 1 to track the information of those with out-of-state license plates.

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