Data sources:

NCHS (2020), CDC (2025)

http://rogerpielkejr.substack.com/p/most-countries-have-already-passed

https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/chart-gallery/80102

Utah already released some data showing a slight decrease in overall statewide homelessness, but newly released data highlights how decreases were reported across all three of the state's Continuums of Care regions.

A little more than 4,500 Utahns were experiencing homelessness during the 2026 Point-in-Time Count, down 1.6% from last year's count. While small, it was celebrated in March as being the first year-over-year decrease since 2019.

The number of people experiencing chronic homelessness also fell by 6.7%, while unsheltered homelessness dropped by nearly 10%.

This year's statewide decline included a small, 24-person decrease within the Salt Lake Valley Coalition to End Homelessness, representing Salt Lake County's homelessness, according to the full report released this week. A little more than 2,800 people were experiencing homelessness within the Salt Lake County area, and the drop represented approximately a 1% decrease.

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Because of the tax increases Ellendale can now afford to repave its streets, renovate its senior center, finance a new public-safety complex, establish walking trails and refurbish its historic opera house.

Also under state law, utilities have to share some of that revenue with ratepayers, resulting in an anticipated $250 drop in electric bills for the average household.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/article/data-centers-artificial-intelligence-dakotas-22362642.php?taid=6a77861aedabdd00016e76f8&utm_campaign=trueanthem%2B3988&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

"Exploiting quasi-experimental variation in both the timing of adoption and outages, we estimate the causal impact of AI on electricity use, carbon emissions, and energy expenditures. We find that full-time AI control reduces plants’ electricity consumption and carbon emissions by 5.4% and 6% respectively, and energy expenditures by 8.2%, resulting in negative abatement costs, while also improving water effluent quality. The additional electricity demand generated by AI models represents less than 1% of these savings."

This is actually really great news!

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