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January 9.4% rate up from year-earlier 8.5%, first year-over-year increase in more than six years.

Regulation, also put on hold by federal court, would require firms to disclose past labor-law violations to qualify for federal contracts

Pension advocacy group says local's early retirees would be hit particularly hard, facing cuts of up to 60%.

Several federal and state complaints against asbestos-abatement and demolition firms operating in Massachusetts have sprouted in the wake of the region’s construction boom.

December rate, not seasonally adjusted, increased to 7.4% from November's 5.7% but declined from year-earlier 7.5%.