Food also has importance in religious and status-symbol type forms. Foods that are considered delicacies in Haiti include French inspired cheeses and meats and are a symbol of money and power. Typically these types of meals are only served in the richest part of Haiti, Port Au Prince (the capital).
Stores, shoppers ready for Ohio's tax-free weekend. Ohio back-to-school shoppers in search of pencils, backpacks, jeans and the like will get a break starting Friday thanks to the state's second sales-tax holiday. The Ohio General Assembly voted to repeat last year's first-ever weekend exemption from paying sales tax.
Tax Free Holidays Are Coming! What You Need to Know. Over the next couple weeks, 17 states will be partaking in tax-free holidays. Those states are Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, South Carolina, and Virginia.