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With up to 92 percent of Americans doomed to fail at keeping their New Year’s resolutions – “get out of debt” is among both the most popular and most commonly broken – the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2018’s Best & Worst Cities for Keeping Your New Year's Resolutions as a follow-up on its Most Sinful Cities ranking.

To help Americans stick to their 2018 goals, WalletHub compared more than 180 U.S. cities across 52 key metrics. The data set ranges from adult obesity to income growth to employment outlook.
 

Best Cities for Keeping Your New Year’s Resolutions

Worst Cities for Keeping Your New Year’s Resolutions

1

Seattle, WA

173

Columbus, GA

2

San Francisco, CA

174

Hialeah, FL

3

San Diego, CA

175

Mobile, AL

4

Scottsdale, AZ

176

Montgomery, AL

5

Salt Lake City, UT

177

Augusta, GA

6

San Jose, CA

178

Detroit, MI

7

Orlando, FL

179

Jackson, MS

8

Irvine, CA

180

Newark, NJ

9

Austin, TX

181

Shreveport, LA

10

Portland, OR

182

Gulfport, MS

 
Best vs. Worst

• Fremont, California, has the lowest share of obese adults, 14.7 percent, which is 3.1 times lower than in Detroit, the city with the highest at 45.1 percent.
   
• Fremont, California, has the lowest share of delinquent debtors, 1.80 percent, which is seven times lower than in Tempe, Arizona, the city with the highest at 12.65 percent.
   
• South Burlington, Vermont, has the lowest unemployment rate, 2.1 percent, which is 5.2 times lower than in Detroit, the city with the highest at 10.9 percent.
   
• Charleston, West Virginia, has the lowest prevalence of adult binge- and heavy drinking, 11.1 percent, which is 2.4 times lower than in Madison, Wisconsin, the city with the highest at 26.4 percent.
   
• San Jose, California, has the lowest share of adult smokers, 8.4 percent, which is 3.1 times lower than in St. Louis, the city with the highest at 26.3 percent.
   
• El Paso, Texas, has the lowest average wedding cost (as a share of the median annual household income), 31.19 percent, which is 3.9 times lower than in Newark, New Jersey, the city with the highest at 121.43 percent.

To view the full report and your city’s rank, please visit:
https://wallethub.com/edu/best-cities-for-new-years-resolutions/28749/

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Rep. Love, Bishop, Stewart, and Curtis Appear in Utah4Cast Video on Tax Reform

Utah4Cast is a podcast hosted by Rep. Mia Love

Salt Lake City- Rep. Bishop, Rep. Stewart, and Rep. Curtis were guests on Rep. Love's Utah4Cast discussing the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act they successfully passed last week.   

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HSU dogs spend Christmas away from the shelter

Humane Society of Utah closed Christmas Day and open New Year’s Day

For the seventh year, the Humane Society of Utah sends adoptable dogs home for the holiday with volunteers. Volunteers will be picking dogs up at the Humane Society of Utah Adoption Center located at 4242 S 300 W in Murray, Utah between 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 24, and returning them early Tuesday, Dec. 26. The adoption center will be open Christmas Eve noon to 3 p.m. and closed Christmas Day. The adoption center will also be open Sunday, Dec. 31, from noon to 3 p.m. and open New Year’s Day from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

“Thanksgiving and Christmas are the only two days of the year that the Humane Society of Utah is closed for business,” said Jenn Taggart, HSU volunteer coordinator. “Our staff, however, works every day of the year cleaning and feeding the animals. With no opportunity to get adopted on these two holidays, we prefer to get the dogs out of the shelter and into a loving home for the day.”

About twenty adoptable dogs are expected to spend this Christmas in volunteer homes. “We have had more volunteers interested in bringing a dog home for the holiday than we have animals available,” said Taggart. “This is a good problem to have. We’re grateful that so many people are willing and interested in helping, but are also glad that we don’t have too many dogs in the shelter right now.”

“Some people may even fall in love with the dog they bring home for Christmas and decide to adopt it, which is wonderful,” said Taggart.

For more information about volunteering at the Humane Society of Utah, visit www.utahhumane.org/volunteer.