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Mike Pence Says Rhode Island, Connecticut Past Their Coronavirus Peaks

Matthew McDonald

Vice President Mike Pence says that a few states, including two in New England, are past their peak in the coronavirus pandemic.

Rhode Island and Connecticut are likely to see better days ahead, the vice president said Sunday, April 19.

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Economist Estimates Massachusetts Unemployment Rate at 25 Percent

Matthew McDonald

An economist estimates the currently true unemployment rate of Massachusetts at 25.2 percent.

William M. Rodgers III, a fellow at The Century Foundation, a left-of-center think tank in New York City, a few weeks ago co-authored an article on the foundation's web site projecting coronavirus-related unemployment rates at far higher than what official government statistics have so far reported.

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