Cristina Flores

Reporter and Anchor at KUTV-TV (Salt Lake City, UT)

Reporter and Anchor at KJZZ-TV (Salt Lake City, UT)

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Parents, small shop owners pay more for baby products due to tariffs

4 days ago | kutv.com | Cristina Flores

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — New parents are paying more for essentials like car seats and strollers this year due to new tariffs imposed by President Trump on imported products, according to a report by members of a congressional committee. A report from The Joint Economic Committee - Minority said that since April 2025, families with new babies paid $400 more for baby products in 11 categories due to newly imposed tariffs.
Parents, small shop owners pay more for baby products due to tariffs

4 days ago | kjzz.com | Cristina Flores

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — New parents are paying more for essentials like car seats and strollers this year due to new tariffs imposed by President Trump on imported products, according to a report by members of a congressional committee. A report from The Joint Economic Committee - Minority said that since April 2025, families with new babies paid $400 more for baby products in 11 categories due to newly imposed tariffs.
Credit scores damaged for millions of Americans late on student loan payments

1 week ago | kjzz.com | Cristina Flores

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Millions of federal student loan borrowers face long-term damage to their credit scores after falling behind on payments following the government-sanctioned payment pause that started during the pandemic. The U. S. Federal Reserve reports that in the first three months of 2025, 2.2 million student loan borrowers saw their scores drop by 100 points, and one million saw their scores drop by 150 points.
Credit scores damaged for millions of Americans late on student loan payments

1 week ago | kutv.com | Cristina Flores

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Utah lawmaker heartbroken but not surprised by killing of Minnesota lawmaker

2 weeks ago | kutv.com | Cristina Flores

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Utah Rep. Angela Romero, leader of the Democrats in the Utah House of Representatives, said she was heartbroken but not surprised that Rep. Melissa Hortman was shot and killed in her own home early Saturday by a man who pretended to be a police officer. Hortman’s husband was also killed. Minnesota state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were shot and injured by the same man in what Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz called politically motivated shootings.
Consequences of defaulted student loans hit millions of Americans hard

1 month ago | kutv.com | Cristina Flores

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — After a multi-year pause, the federal government resumed student loan collections on May 5, 2025 — and for millions of Americans, the consequences are already being felt. Roughly 5 million borrowers are now in default after failing to make payments for over 360 days, according to the U.S. Department of Education. For many, this means the possibility of garnished wages, withheld tax refunds, reduced Social Security benefits, and plummeting credit scores.
Former FBI agent warns parents about rise in predators on online gaming platforms

1 month ago | kutv.com | Cristina Flores

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — A retired FBI agent warned parents that online predators are increasingly using gaming platforms to target children — especially during the summer when screen time increases and supervision often decreases. “Unfortunately, pedophiles who get online are very, very manipulative,” said retired FBI agent Greg Rogers. Rogers said predators are taking advantage, and gaming platforms have become a major access point.
Protect social media pages from getting hijacked by scammers

1 month ago | kutv.com | Cristina Flores

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Scams targeting social media users are nothing new, but some victims said they feel powerless when it comes to getting help from the platforms themselves. Darin Clark knows the feeling. He was locked out of his Facebook account for more than a week after scammers took control of his page, used it to impersonate him, and attempted to defraud his friends and family.
Don't over overpay for college degree: Making the right choices for college

2 months ago | kutv.com | Cristina Flores

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Given the high cost of college tuition and concerns about college loan debt among American college students, students and their families must make good decisions to ensure their investment in a college degree pays off. That’s the kind of practical thinking economist Beth Akers encourages in her book "Making College Pay." Akers is an economist with the American Enterprise Institute, a public policy think tank.
Summer travel plans hold steady despite economic concerns, study says

2 months ago | kutv.com | Cristina Flores

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Economic uncertainty isn’t stopping Americans from making summer travel plans. A new survey from Bankrate showed that people across the country intend to travel about as much this summer as they did last year, despite persistent worries about inflation and the broader economy. "You would think with the economic doom and gloom we'd see a pullback (on travel), but we're actually not seeing that," said Ted Rossman, an analyst with Bankrate.