May 2, 2018
PennLive, Jan Murphy, May 1, 2018- Legislation that aims to put a stop to municipalities imposing a tax on food and beverages and food/beverage containers as a revenue source won approval of the House Commerce Committee on Tuesday. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Mark Mustio, R-Allegheny County, passed the committee by a mostly …
May 1, 2018
Center For Media and Democracy, Mary Bottari, April 30, 2018- You wouldn’t watch your kid gobble up nine teaspoons of sugar a day would you? Well that is what she is getting if she is downing a can of Coke each day. And that is not all she is getting. One …
April 18, 2018
Philly Voice, Michael Tanenbaum, April 14, 2018- A Republican Pennsylvania lawmaker introduced a bill this week that would render Philadelphia’s controversial soda tax invalid. State Rep. Mark Mustio (R-Allegheny) proposed the soda-tax preemption legislation in an effort to ban local jurisdictions from imposing taxes on food, beverages or containers for either. Only …
April 16, 2018
WHYY News, Dave Davies, April 12, 2018- Opponents of Philadelphia’s controversial sweetened beverage tax, stymied so far in their efforts to defeat the levy in court, are getting some support in Pennsylvania’s Legislature. State Rep. Mark Mustio, R-Allegheny, has introduced a bill that would overturn the Philadelphia tax. It would …
April 12, 2018
Philadelphia Magazine, Joe Trinacria, April 10, 2018- A state representative from suburban Pittsburgh introduced a bill on Monday that would prohibit Pennsylvania municipalities from taxing food and beverages. The measure, sponsored by Rep. Mark Mustio, would retroactively nix Philadelphia’s controversial soda tax and has already received bipartisan support. “While there is …