Just a year after former Mayor Jim Kenney left office, Philadelphia lawmakers are already reexamining one of his signature ...

Philadelphia City Council is reviewing the city's so-called ‘Soda Tax’ eight years after the 1.5 cents per ounce fee on ...

Of the nearly 500 readers who responded to our poll, the majority (70%) said they wouldn't support a tax on sugary drinks.

Councilmember Jim Harrity, who introduced the resolution, says the charge 'disproportionately impacts low-income communities.' ...

Councilmember Jim Harrity says residents leave town to shop to avoid the tax, and claims that costs the city lots of revenue.

Voters in three California cities and one in Colorado will decide next month whether to slap a special tax on sugary drinks like soda and sports thirst-quenchers after costly, high-stakes ...

Philadelphia’s outlandish soda tax is what Democratic-party politics looks like when it lets its freak flag fly. So many classic elements are there: (failed) social engineering and “think of ...

A Boston City Councilor has proposed a new tax on soda and other sugary drinks, pitching the measure as a revenue boost for community health programs that could also discourage people from ...

Philadelphians are experiencing considerable sticker shock as the prices of their favorite beverages skyrocket because of the largest soda tax in ... city in the United States with just over ...

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An analysis of Philadelphia’s sweet-drink “sin tax” finds a flaw in the system: Many people simply drive beyond city limits to buy their pop. Soda taxes turn out to be very effective at ...

Knowing this, governments use taxes to encourage or discourage behavior. A quick update on Philidelphia’s tax on sugary beverages, the “soda tax.” Not the announcement by the American College of ...