Sugary drink tax introduce the tax was heavily funded by Mike Bloomberg. On June 30, 2017, a Cook County judge granted a temporary restraining order filed by the Illinois Retail Merchants Association and several Cook County-based grocers that prohibited the tax from being put into effect until at least July 12. The tax eventually went into effect on August 2. Due to a conflict with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, this soda tax did not apply to any soda purchases made with food stamps, which were used by over 870,000 people. Controversially, the tax affected diet drinks but not sugar-packed fruit juices. On
2015 Food City 500 for the Food City 500 was released on Monday, April 13, 2015, at 11:21 a.m. Eastern time. Forty-five cars were entered for the race. The only new entry that was not entered for the previous week's race at Texas Motor Speedway was Ron Hornaday, Jr. in the No. 30 Chevrolet by The Motorsports Group. Kasey Kahne was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 14.971 and a speed of . Matt Kenseth won the pole with a time of 14.917 and a speed of . "I got it all that first lap," Kenseth said. "Good job.