Mass. jobless rate saw little change in May, as national rate fell

The unemployment rate in Massachusetts rose slightly in May to 16.3%, even as the national rate fell that month.State officials initially reported the April jobless rate as 15.1%, though on Friday they revised that number to 16.2% after reviewing more information about the job market. That means the state’s unemployment rate increased by just a tenth of a percentage point from April to May, according to a preliminary estimate, even as tens of thousands more residents applied for unemployme