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USA Today
17-04-2025
- Lifestyle
- USA Today
What's the most popular Easter candy in each state? What Google search data reveals
What's the most popular Easter candy in each state? What Google search data reveals Show Caption Hide Caption Easter traditions: How it's celebrated around the world Did you know that Easter isn't always just celebrated with chocolate? Easter is marked very differently around the globe. unbranded - Lifestyle Rising prices or not, Americans are not willing to give up satisfying their sweet tooth this Easter. While traditions like dyeing eggs, egg hunts and big family meals may look different from family to family, one thing remains true: people love to celebrate Easter with candy and confections. In fact, the overwhelming majority of Americans who celebrate the holiday (92%) do so with the assistance of candy, according to the National Confectioners Association (NCA), and an April WalletHub report found that more than half of parents plan to make an Easter basket for their children, with 89% saying it will include chocolate and other candies. Wondering which sweet treat is the most popular where you live? Data collected by Google and shared with USA TODAY can tell you exactly which candy has been searched the most in each state over the last month. Easter shopping: Candy projected to be at the center of this year's Easter spending despite rising prices See map of most popular Easter candy by state According to Google search data, marshmallow Peeps take the cake - or the Easter basket - as the most beloved Easter treat in the largest number of states. Gummies, M&Ms, Skittles and peanut butter eggs also made multiple appearances. Only one state, Vermont, preferred chocolate eggs and Idaho was an outlier with a taste for lollipops. Shoppers spending more money on candy than anything else this Easter Easter spending is expected to go up in 2025, according to a recent National Retail Federation (NRF) report, with consumers planning to spend a total of $23.6 billion. The largest spending category is candy, which is projected to account for $3.3 billion in spending. The NRF's survey found that 92% of shoppers planned to purchase candy this year. The overwhelming majority of Americans who celebrate Easter do so with the assistance of candy, according to the NCA. The top sweet treats bought for the holiday include chocolate eggs or bunnies, jelly beans, candy-coated eggs and marshmallow candy (AKA Peeps).
Local Sweden
24-03-2025
- Politics
- Local Sweden
Immigration laws and tax rebates: What changes in Sweden in April 2025?
Easter Easter this year will take place at the end of April, with Swedish children starting the festivities by dressing up as witches and collecting pick 'n' mix for their Easter eggs on Maundy Thursday, April 17th. Good Friday, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday are public holidays. Easter holidays vary depending on what city you're in, but will take place either the week before Easter (week 16, April 14th-20th) or the week after (week 17, April 21st-27th). Track changes law will be repealed From April 1st, Sweden will scrap spårbyte ('track change') , an immigration path which has meant that rejected asylum seekers could receive a work permit without having to leave the country to apply, provided they met all the other work permit requirements. 'We didn't do anything wrong': Foreign workers blindsided by Sweden's 'spårbyte' repeal After that date, it will no longer be possible for those who have been granted a work permit through this kind of track change to be granted an extension, which means that they may have to leave Sweden when their current permit expires. Around 4,700 people will be affected by the abolition of track changes, according to the Migration Agency's estimates. The rule change will only affect people who have switched from the "asylum track" to the "work permit track" and their families. It won't affect people who have changed their permits on other grounds . Tax rebates due Those who approved their tax declarations for the 2024 tax year digitally by April 2nd with no alterations should get any tax rebate due to them paid out between April 8th and April 11th. May 2nd is the overall deadline for declaration submission. If you submit by this date, you'll receive your tax rebate by June 5th. Spring amendment budget announced The spring amendment budget ( vårändringsbudgeten ) is usually mainly used to tweak or add bits and pieces to Sweden's main annual budget, which was presented last autumn. This year's spring amendment budget will be submitted to parliament on April 15th. Finance minister Elisabeth Svantesson has said that there will be 11.5 billion kronor of reforms in the spring amendment budget, including among other things an increase to the ROT tax reduction which currently allows households to claim back 30 percent of the cost of labour on maintenance work such as repairs, conversions and extensions. Under the new proposal, which is expected to cost the government 4.35 billion kronor, the ROT reduction will be increased temporarily to 50 percent from May 12th until the end of the year in order to kickstart the economy. The government and the Sweden Democrats have also agreed to put aside 500 million kronor for road maintenance. There will also be proposals concerning summer jobs for young people and reforms of professional higher education courses to offer more, shorter courses. Advertisement EU set to introduce retaliatory tariffs against US The EU is set to introduce tariffs against the US in April – or more correctly, it is set to reintroduce tariffs which were first put in place during President Donald Trump's first term in the White House. Trump has already introduced 25 percent tariffs on European steel and aluminium. The new EU tariffs will affect items such as motorcycles, orange juice and whisky with a total value of 8 billion euros. The EU is also preparing further tariffs of up to 18 billion euros, with the commission currently considering a 99-page-list of possible items chosen to target Trump-friendly parts of the US. In response, Trump has threatened a 200 percent tariff on European alcohol. Advertisement Deadline to change car to summer tyres April 15th is also the deadline for changing to summer tyres in Sweden, although winter tyres are no longer required from March 31st, so long as weather conditions are suitable. University hopefuls take Sweden's version of SATs Students across Sweden will take the Högskoleprovet, the country's version of SATs, on April 5th. While the test is not mandatory, a high grade gives additional support when applying for university courses. Sign-up for the test in April closed on January 14th. If you want to take the test but missed out this time, you can sign up for the next test on October 18th from August 12th-19th. Walpurgis Night Students, particularly in Lund and Uppsala, will indulge in all-day drinking and general revelry, and fires will be lit across Sweden, as the country celebrates Valborg, or Walpurgis Night, on April 30th. READ ALSO: What exactly is Swedish Valborg, and where are the best places to celebrate it? Advertisement King Carl XVI Gustaf celebrates his 79th birthday Sweden's king, Carl XVI Gustaf, turns 79 on April 30th. His birthday is usually celebrated by Sweden's armed forces, who entertain the public with a parade outside the Royal Palace in Stockholm. Are you organising an event in April? Let us know! Are you planning an Easter event, a pub night, a book club for English speakers, or anything else in April? Submit it to The Local's What's On guide and we'll share the best events with fellow readers.
