Fewer Job Gains

Helena Independent Record: Fewer US states reported job gains last month

Regional and State Employment and Unemployment Summary

“Regional and state unemployment rates were little changed
in March. Thirty states recorded unemployment rate
decreases, 8 states posted rate increases, and 12 states
and the District of Columbia had no change, the U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Forty-nine states and the District of Columbia registered
unemployment rate decreases from a  year earlier, while New
York experienced an increase. The national jobless rate was
little changed from February at 8.2 percent but was 0.7
percentage point lower than in March 2011.”

HIV

Missoulian: Missoula forms coalition to address HIV outbreak

HIV in the United States: At A Glance

“CDC estimates 1.2 million people in the United States (U.S.) are living with HIV infection. One in five (20%) of those people are unaware of their infection. Despite increases in the total number of people in the U.S. living with HIV infection in recent years (due to better testing and treatment options), the annual number of new HIV infections has remained relatively stable. However, new infections continue at far too high of a level, with approximately 50,000 Americans becoming infected

Montana Coal / Discovery's Last Landing

Source: 1890-1978, U.S. Bureau of Mines file data, including State-level statistics not published in Bureau of Mines Mineral Industry Yearbooks. 1979-present, Energy Information Administration, Annual Coal Report (2001) and precedent reports (Coal Industry Annual, 1993-2000; and Coal Production (year), 1979-1992).


Missoulian: U.S. interest in coal power wanes as demand rises abroad

Quarterly Coal Report
“The Quarterly Coal Report (QCR) presents U.S. coal production, exports, imports, receipts, prices, consumption, coal quality, and stocks data. In addition, the report offers U.S. coke production, consumption, stocks, imports, and exports data. Data for 2010 and prior years are final; all data for 2011 are preliminary.”

Montana: Historical Coal Production

Missoulian: Space shuttle Discovery makes final takeoff

Watch space shuttle Discovery's landing live at Dulles International Airport on NASA TV at: go.nasa.gov/IiOoP1 #OV103 #SpotTheShuttle

Slowed Growth

Missoulian: Census estimates show slow population growth statewide

Census Estimates Show New Patterns of Growth Nationwide
“ Among the 50 fastest-growing metro areas over the last decade, only 24 of them were also among the 50 fastest growing since the 2010 Census. This is according to the first set of U.S. Census Bureau metropolitan statistical area, micropolitan statistical area and county population estimates to be published since the official 2010 Census population counts were released a year ago.”