July 24, 2019
The Seattle Times, Danny Westneat, July 24, 2019- Something sure seems off with Seattle’s experiment with the soda tax. A telltale sign is that they’re in a “nasty spat” down at City Hall about all the extra money it’s spinning off. What the mayor and City Council suddenly are warring over …
July 23, 2019
Bay City News, Annie Steuart, July 22, 2019- Health advocacy groups have launched a statewide campaign focused on passing a soda tax by the end of the year. The coalition of groups formed in the wake of the failure of five bills seeking to curtail soda consumption to pass earlier …
July 18, 2019
Modern Farmer, Dan Nosowitz, July 18, 2019- Soda taxes—though they actually apply to other sugary drinks as well—have proven controversial, to say the least. There’s no national soda tax in the United States, but also nothing to stop individual localities from instituting their own. Some have been passed and then …
July 9, 2019
Santa Cruz Sentinel, Nicholas Ibarra, July 8, 2019- State Sen. Bill Monning’s latest attempt at legislation requiring warning labels on sodas and other sugary drinks fizzled last week. The bill, Senate Bill 347, passed the state Senate in May without a single vote to spare. It was scheduled for a …
July 2, 2019
Kellogg Insight, Stephan Seiler & Anna Tuchman, July 1, 2019- Several cities have started taxing sodas and other sweetened drinks in the past five years. The goal is to bring in revenue, improve public health, or both. But it’s unclear whether these “soda taxes” are achieving their goals. So Anna …