WASHINGTON, June 5 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document on June 3, 2025, from Economics Daily: * * * South Dakota had lowest unemployment rate in April 2025 at 1.8 percent From April 2024 to April 2025, 26 states and the District of Columbia had unemployment rate increases from a year earlier, 1 state had a decrease, and 23 states had little change. The national unemployment rate was 4.2 percent, 0.3 percentage point higher than a   more

WASHINGTON, June 2 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * Unemployment rates under 3.0 percent in 77 metropolitan areas in April 2025 Unemployment rates were higher in April 2025 than a year earlier in 286 of the 387 metropolitan areas, lower in 72 areas, and unchanged in 29 areas. A total of 77 metropolitan areas had unemployment rates of less than 3.0 percent and 8 areas had rates of at least 8.0 percent  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service issued the following news: * * * Montana Snowpack Melts Rapidly During May, Resulting in Well Below Normal June 1 Snowpack * BOZEMAN, Mont., June 5, 2025 - Summer in Montana is just around the corner. Springtime conditions felt almost summerlike with warmer than normal May temperatures. The seasonal transition spurred rapid snowmelt across the state during May. Snowpack across Montana is around 50  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, June 6 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service issued the following news on June 5, 2025: * * * NOAA Satellites Monitor Canadian Wildfires and Smoke Since mid-May, NOAA satellites have been closely monitoring heat signatures and thick plumes of smoke (some stretching thousands of miles) from wildfires burning across Canada. Driven by heat, drought, and dry conditions, more than 160 fires k  more