Plus, Rep. Blake Moore speaks on tax reform, work and welfare
Good morning! Here are today’s temperatures: ☀️ 41 – 81° in Logan ☀️ 59 – 85° in Salt Lake ☀️ 68 – 99° in St. George I have a confession to make. I have never attended a football game. However, my colleagues tell me it’s a pretty fun experience, and the University of Utah’s foray into the Big 12 is generating enough excitement that I may get a ticket for a home game. “It’s a new era, not just for Kyle Whittingham and Utah, but for all of college football after realignment shook up the sport last summer,” Joe Coles writes. “In its inaugural Big 12 season, the Utes are the media’s pick to win the conference title, aided by veteran quarterback Cam Rising, a host of pass-catching options and a stout defense.” Read more about how the Utes are shaping up as they prepare to crash the Big 12 party. Also on our minds: The Paralympic Games started Wednesday — here’s how to watch What to know about mosquito-borne illness EEE and why it’s so dangerous 50,000 fentanyl pills were seized in a multi-agency drug investigation in Salt Lake County |
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| If you feel it’s impossible to spend under $100 at the grocery store, you’re not just imagining things — food costs have been rising across the nation. The latest consumer price index by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a .2% increase in food costs between June and July. May to June saw the same increase, making food prices 2.2% higher than a year ago. Many factors can contribute to the prices consumers see at the grocery store, so there is no single reason behind the price hike in recent years. According to Nerdwallet, food has seen a price increase of 26% since 2020 due to increased production, labor and fuel costs, global events, extreme weather and diseases affecting key crops and livestock. What consumers need to understand is that “when inflation is coming down, that doesn’t mean prices are coming down. Prices are still growing. They’re just growing somewhat more slowly than they had in the last couple of years,” Phil Dean, chief economist at the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, told the Deseret News. Read more about what grocery items have the greatest yearly price increase and what the presidential candidates have to say on the matter. |
| Rep. Blake Moore made a strong case for why students should get engaged in politics and care about taxes during a moderated talk at the University of Utah as a part of the Sutherland Institute’s congressional series. “It’s the boring stuff that really, really matters,” he said jokingly. Moore, who represents Utah’s 1st District, spoke “calmly, frankly and advocated bipartisanship on multiple issues,” as one student in the audience at the university’s Hinckley Institute of Politics put it during the Q&A portion of the program. Read more about Moore’s comments on taxes and the national deficit. More in Utah BYU again No. 1 in Princeton Review’s ‘Cancel the Keg’ rankings: See all the lists with Utah schools (Deseret News) ‘I’m going to buy a house in Park City,’ Jelly Roll declares at Salt Lake City concert (Deseret News) Kearns couple arrested, accused of locking young teen in ‘makeshift cell’ at home (KSL) 50,000 fentanyl pills seized in multi-agency drug investigation (KSL) |
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