Colorado logged its 31st consecutive month of job growth in May, adding 9,100 jobs and driving unemployment down to 5.8 percent, the lowest since November 2008 when the rate was 5.7 percent, according to a report Friday by the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment.Private sector payroll jobs increased 8,700 and government increased 400.Gary Horvath, a Broomfield economist, said Friday that revised data released in the past month has indicated job growth in Colorado is stronger than previously reported but other data shows Colorado’s inflation rate is almost twice that of the nation.

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Jon Martinez, left, and Jesus Salazar are trying to start “ChronoScribe,” a free interactive history website. Photo by Mark Reis

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