Philadelphia, PA – The city’s controversial 1.5-cent-per ounce sugar-sweetened soda tax on beverage distributors was upheld on Wednesday by a Pennsylvania appeals court. The American Beverage Association, Philadelphia residents and business owners had filed suit last fall challenging the tax, saying it represented illegal double taxation. The tax was put...
Seattle, WA — According to the Puget Sound Business Journal, Seattle council members have approved a tax on sugary beverages in an attempt to discourage unhealthy consumption and to fund other initiatives, like scholarships and classroom investments, job training, healthy and affordable food access, and children's health programs. Distributors now...
