After weeks of worry, Americans' tax refunds are finally trending up

The average tax-refund amount was down significantly from last year during the first three weeks of the 2019 tax season. Democratic lawmakers blamed the GOP tax-cut law for the decrease, and many Americans expressed outrage online about receiving smaller refunds. But the latest IRS data indicated the average refund is now up 1.3% compared with 2018. After three weeks of hand-wringing, some Americans got good news about the size of their tax refunds. The IRS data from the first three...