September 10, 2018
Journal Star Bill Knight, September 6, 2018- Courts can safeguard against legislative or executive powers and overreach, but judges can’t be relied on, especially when the Trump administration is packing courts at the federal level – from local districts to the Supreme Court. Sometimes, judges stand up for justice, of …
September 6, 2018
KIRO 7 News, Graham Johnson, September 3, 2018- At a Labor Day event in Burien, union leaders stumped for Initiative 1634, which would block Seattle-style soda taxes. “It supports affordable groceries,” said Nicole Grant of the Martin Luther King, Jr. County Labor Council. I-1634 leaves Seattle’s controversial sugary beverage tax alone but would …
August 30, 2018
The Pew Charitable Trusts, Jenni Bergal, August 29, 2018- Last month, Massachusetts became the sixth state to boost its legal smoking age to 21. While two dozen other states considered similar bills this legislative session — and many likely will do so again in 2019 — much of the groundswell …
August 6, 2018
Ed Source, David Washburn, July 31, 2018- It had, in many respects, become the little movement that could. After more than a decade of failed attempts at both the state and local levels to impose soda taxes, health advocates scored a watershed victory in 2014 when Berkeley voters approved by a two-thirds …
June 28, 2018
The Mercury News, David Lee, June 27, 2018- Senate Bill 872 would block California cities and counties from being able to pass local taxes on sugary drinks and making health a priority. Who’s behind it? No surprise – it’s the soda industry. This bill before the California Legislature eliminates local control …