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Post-Election, Oregon and Washington’s Proposed Soda Tax Bans Reach Different Results

Posted on November 14, 2018
  • As previously reported on this blog, Oregon and Washington state residents headed to the polls on November 6, 2018 to vote on initiatives that would preemptively ban new soda

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Washington and Oregon to Vote on Soda and Food Tax Bans

Posted on October 16, 2018
  • Washington State Initiative 1634 would ban local taxes on groceries. The initiative defines groceries as “any raw or processed food or beverage, or any ingredient thereof, intended for human consumption

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WHO Panel Holds Back on Calling for Sugary Drink Tax

Posted on June 5, 2018
  • An independent panel advising the World Health Organization (WHO) did not recommend taxing sugary drinks in a report, titled, “A Time to Deliver.” While the report, released June 1,

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Soda Tax Battles Continue into 2018

Posted on January 2, 2018
  • As our readers are aware, sweetened beverage taxes have been in the spotlight for several years now. In November 2016, voters in three California cities and in Boulder, Colorado passed

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Cook County, IL Likely to Repeal Soda Tax

Posted on October 10, 2017
  • As previously reported on this blog, a Cook County Ordinance that imposes a $0.01 per ounce tax on the retail sale of sweetened beverages became effective August 2. The

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Cook County Illinois Soda Tax Temporarily Blocked

Posted on July 5, 2017
  • As previously covered on this blog, a number of local jurisdictions throughout the U.S. – like Berkeley, CA; Philadelphia, PA; San Francisco, CA; Oakland, CA; and Boulder, CO –

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More Sweetened Beverage Taxes Proposed As Voters Reject Others

Posted on May 9, 2017

As we predicted on this blog in November 2016, more jurisdictions have now followed the lead of cities like Berkeley, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Oakland and Boulder by introducing legislation to…
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Connecticut Debates Sweetened Beverage Tax

Posted on April 18, 2017
  • As previously covered on this blog, a number of local jurisdictions throughout the U.S. have sought to implement a “soda tax”. (See our February 27, 2017 blog and November 15,

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Santa Fe Contemplates Soda Tax

Posted on February 27, 2017
  • As previously covered on this blog, a number of U.S. cities have implemented controversial taxes on soft drinks.  This trend appears poised to continue with an upcoming public hearing

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Five More U.S. Cities to Tax Soft Drinks

Posted on November 15, 2016

Consumers and lawmakers in five cities recently voted to join Berkeley, CA and Philadelphia in taxing soft drinks (see our June 17, 2016, blog entry for more information on Philadelphia’s…
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