 KCAP Newstime 1030. I'm Kirk Kittleson. Montana's unemployment rate is holding steady at 3.1%. The governor's office says the jobless rate didn't change in May and is nearly a full percentage point below the national average. There were strong gains last month, but officials noted there wasn't much change to total employment or the number of people in the labor force. The governor's office also mentioned there was a slight increase to core inflation in May, which includes all items except food and energy.