Lessons Learned from Richmond Soda Tax
Last year, Richmond City Councilmember Jeff Ritterman and members of Fit for Life made a gallant effort towards reducing consumption of soda by imposing a 1 cent per ounce sugar sweetened beverage tax....
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Photo Credit: flickr/Eduardo Merille Oakland City Council Put Soda Tax on November Ballot Oakland’s City Council voted unanimously to place a soda tax on the November ballot. If approved, Oakland would...
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Photo Credits: (Flickr/ Jannes Pockele) On Thursday, Philadelphia City Council approved a ground-breaking new strategy to fund public amenities while preventing the consumption of excessive added...
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Find Summer Meals in Your Community Nutritious free meals are available for children and teens 18 and younger at many locations throughout the nation throughout the summer while school is out of...
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Corporate Advertising in our National Parks Earlier this year, the National Park Service (NPS) proposed a new policy that would open parks to corporate advertising and allow the sale of naming rights...
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