It's not just you — food prices rose 2.4% last year

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• "I just eat to survive": How consumers are dealing with rising food prices

  by Stephanie Hughes

  

  Food prices in December were up 2.4% for the year — and if you go back five years, they’re up about 25%, according to the latest Consumer Price Index from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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• More Americans burdened by long-term credit card debt, study says

  by Daniel Ackerman

  

  According to a new study by Bankrate, 61% of people with credit card debt have been holding it for at least a year — up from 53% in late 2024.

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• For Kansas grain farmers, tariffs, labor, and global competition remain front of mind

  by Amy Scott and Sarah Leeson

  

  “We wake up every morning about 5 o'clock and start worrying,” said Vance Ehmke. He runs Ehmke Seed with his wife, Louise Ehmke, in Healy, Kansas.

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• Allegiant wants to buy another budget carrier, Sun Country, for $1.5 billion

  by Samantha Fields

  

  The two airlines share a rare characteristic for ultra-low-cost carriers: They’re profitable.

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• The Numbers

  by Amy Scott

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• Our homes have gotten bigger — but are we happier?

  by Amy Scott, Sean McHenry and Livi Burdette

  

  Smaller homes designed around spaces for gathering and forging social connections mean more for our well-being, says Mike Coren of The Washington Post.

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• Cheap, fake stamps are cutting into postal service revenue

  by Jill Replogle

  

  The price of first-class stamps has risen 42% since 2020. Counterfeit stamps complicate that calculation.

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