You may have heard a thing or two about egg prices rising. If you’ve been paying attention to your receipts, you’ll have noticed that plenty of other things have been getting more expensive, too.
While U.S. inflation is down from its 40-year high in 2022, prices haven’t dropped. Art Raymond reports that overall prices on consumer goods and services have risen 23% in the last five years, and that number increases for many basic necessities.
Art has gathered data on price changes in rent and housing materials, vehicles, gas, health insurance, assorted groceries and more.
Read more about how much prices have changed on the things you buy most.
Is Gov. Cox’s promise to kill the Social Security tax dead in the water?
Brigham Tomco writes:
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox told lawmakers a week before the 2025 legislative session that he had given them “a gift” by pushing for the end of state taxes on Social Security.
But in return for Cox making this proposal a “cornerstone” of his budget, the Legislature appears ready to present Cox with a pebble.
On Monday, the Senate Taxation Committee advanced a bill that would eliminate the state tax on Social Security but only under the condition that bill sponsor Sen. Wayne Harper, R-Taylorsville, narrowed his bill substantially to fit within the “socks and underwear” budget this year.
Instead, lawmakers are looking at another across the board income tax cut, and increasing the tax credit only slightly for Social Security recipients.
Read more about whether Utah will end the state tax on Social Security benefits.
If you’ve ever gotten your hair cut, you know the power of a good stylist.
What you may not learn during the course of a quick trim or even an intense dye job is that hair stylists and other cosmetology professionals have to complete hundreds of hours of school and rigorous tests in order to work in Utah. As the industry and technology changes, a bill in the Utah Senate is proposing some changes to cosmetology in Utah.
SB330 would make changes to various cosmetology licenses, including esthetics and hair design. It would:
Eliminate the basic esthetician program.
Change the hours required to get licensed in hair design.
Create micro-licensing, allowing people to become licensed in smaller parts of cosmetology, such as hair removal and hair cutting.
Read more about how cosmetology licensing would change under this bill and what Utah professionals think of it.
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Senate committee passes bill to alter Utah Supreme Court appointments, but is change necessary? (Deseret News)
Lawmakers want to change Utah elections. These 5 bills have a shot in the final week (KUER)
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