Under this tax the cost of a 2-liter beverage would increase by $1.35, and the cost of an 18-pack of 12-oz cans of soda or ...

Boston city councilors on Wednesday introduced a tax on sweetened beverages to fund public health initiatives. The so-called ...

Below, readers share their thoughts, concerns, and suggestions for a sugary drinks tax in Boston. “People will just go over the border to other towns to ‘stock’ up, and in the end this will ...

I don’t want regressive taxes. But I do want a market that reflects the true costs of things, and the hidden price of sugar in our diets is staggering. At a time when federal support for health ...

GUILFORD, Conn. (WFSB) - A new bill could add a two cent tax on all sugary beverages. This would include sodas, diet sodas ...

In 2014, Berkeley, California enacted a penny-an-ounce tax on sugar-sweetened drinks. Within months, consumption in the city dropped and that decline is holding. Soda tax moves forward in ...

Connecticut's tax-writing committee heard opposition from industry over a proposed two-cents-per-ounce tax on beverages.