In Australia a 'Standard Drink' is one that contains 10 grams (about 12.5ml) of alcohol. Other countries have different measures which can range from 13.5 grams (17ml) in Canada to 8 grams (10ml) in the UK.
The race for campaign talent and money, sometimes called the invisible primary, unfolds. The candidates make their pitches in a variety of venues and forums. Differences on issues between the candidates begin to crystallize.Ad campaigns start.inally, for candidates who qualify by raising $5,000 in contributions of $250 each of 20 states and agree to spending limits, a voluntary system of partial public financing is still in place (). Matching funds are made available starting in January of the presidential campaign year.
Two years ago, Connecticut became the first state in the nation to pass a law setting a minimum wage at $10.10, drawing President Obama to New Britain to applaud the effort to reach a goal he had set for a resistant Congress. That law raised the state minimum wage to $9.15 in 2015, $9.60 in 2016 and $10.10 in 2017. It was approved on party-line votes of 21-14 in the Senate and 87-54 in the House, instantly becoming a talking point in the 2014 re-election campaign of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy.