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SACRAMENTO, Calif. AP 鈥?The Democratic presidential candidates are racing toward the biggest day on the primary calendar, when 14 states vote on Super Tuesday. It the day when the primary moves from re stanley cup tail to wholesale. Instead of one state voting at a time, candidates have to focus on contests in every region of the country with all types of voters.WATCH LIVE: PBS NewsHours Super Tuesday special coverageWhile Super Tuesday won ;t necessarily determine who wins th stanley cup e nomination, it has historically been difficult for a candidate who performs poorly on the day to recover. Here a look at Tuesday contests: The statesFourteen states hold primaries on Super Tuesday, including California and Texas, the two biggest delegate hauls of the entire primary season. California offers 415 delegates and Texas 228. In total, m stanley cup ore than 1,300 delegates will be up for grabs, about a third of the total available in the race to the Democratic presidential nomination.Although Super Tuesday was originally created as a regional primary featuring Southern states, it has morphed over the years. This year, it includes states from every region of the country.The other states are Arkansas, Alabama, Colorado, Maine, Minnesota, Massachusetts, Vermont, Utah, North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee and Oklahoma. Most of the Southern states are Republican strongholds in the general election, while others like California are solidly Democratic. North Carolina is likely to be a battlegro Yhmt Read the full text of the House impeachment inquiry resolution
NEW YORK AP 鈥?Expecting a tax refund It could be smaller than last year. And with inflation still high, that stanley cup money won ;t go as far as it did a year ago.READ MORE: Why Tax Day is April 18 this year, and how early spring became tax seasonThe more than 100 million taxpayers who have had their returns processed as of April 7 got refunds that were an average of 9.3 percent less than last year, in part due to pandemic relief programs expiring. The filing deadline for most taxpayers is Tuesday, though it has been extended for parts of California, Alabama, Georgia, New York, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and Indiana that were hard hit by severe weather.The average refund is $2,878, down from $3,175, a difference of nearly $300, according to the most recent IRS data available.For many households, especial af1 ly working families, the tax refund is the biggest one-time financial windfa adidas og ll of the year, said Kathy Pickering, chief tax officer of H 038;R Block. We know that working families in general are the most cash-strapped, she said, adding that the expanded earned income tax and child tax credits during the COVID pandemic provided a lot of benefits for families with children.The child tax credit, for example, is reverting to $2,000 per child, while the pandemic credit was as high as $3,600 per child. The child and dependent care credit, a tax break available to parents and those who care for family members while they work, had been expanded to a maximum of $8,000 in 20 |
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