A proposed Maryland bill is aiming for a pop in state revenue through a new tax on sugary drinks, powders, and syrups.
The Boston Licensing Board approved 37 new liquor licenses throughout the city Thursday as part of an initiative to promote ...
Maryland lawmakers are hearing a new bill called the “For Our Kids Act,” which would add a two cents-per-ounce tax on sugary ...
ANNAPOLIS — Maryland lawmakers will be asked to sweeten the state’s coffers by adding a tax on sugary drinks projected to ...
Aid, it could cost you. Maryland lawmakers are considering what’s called the For Our Kids Act, which would impose a tax of ...
Maryland lawmakers will be asked to sweeten the state’s coffers by adding a tax on sugary drinks projected to raise nearly $500 million annually.
Gov. Maura Healey said her legislation to tax candy sales was just “an idea” as she talked about the Bay State’s revenue crunch Tuesday and jokingly apologized for the contemplated price ...
Boston City Councilor Sharon Durkan proposed a new tax on sugar-sweetened beverages Jan. 15, aiming to combat the ...
In 2020, consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages caused an estimated 2.2 million new cases of Type 2 diabetes globally, according to new research published in Nature Medicine. In the study ...
The burden of disease differed across world regions. Sugary drinks contributed to the highest burdens of disease in Latin America, the Caribbean and sub-Saharan Africa, the study found.