In its first month, Philadelphia’s beverage tax has brought in $5.7 million, according to information released by the city’s revenue department on Thursday. The figure […]
In the two months since Philly’s beverage tax was implemented, some grocers and drink distributors are reporting significant sales drops, and the city expects soda […]
Thirty-six state lawmakers have signed on to a brief opposing Philadelphia’s soda tax in Commonwealth Court. The Inquirer reported on Monday that the five state […]
A quarterly report from Philadelphia’s financial watchdog says revenue in the general fund is much higher than expected — but that that overtime costs are soaring. […]
In the wake of the Philadelphia Beverage Tax — more commonly referred to as the Soda Tax — coming into effect, residents are fuming at […]
If you’ve been paying any attention at all to your social media feeds in Philadelphia over these first few days of 2017, you are no […]
We knew it was coming. And yet, maybe predictably so, a social media storm is erupting over Philly’s brand new soda tax, which went into […]
Over the summer, as the dust began to settle on another Pennsylvania budget negotiation, officials in Philadelphia’s Commerce Department realized that the state had opened […]
A Common Pleas Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the American Beverage Association in September as a last-ditch effort to halt the soda […]
The Pennsylvania gas tax will rise eight cents per gallon on January 1, 2017.
A new state law will enact harsher penalties on drivers who fail to pay Pennsylvania turnpike violations.
It’s not great – but it’s getting better. A new Pew Charitable Trusts report found that the tax disadvantage of living in Philly has dropped […]
• I will never tire of learning ways to cut down on my seemingly always astronomical Whole Foods grocery bill (I like overprice kombucha — sue […]
The American Beverage Association filed a lawsuit today claiming that the soda tax passed by the city in June is unconstitutional.
Pennsylvania residents are being warned of a potential “transportation disaster” following an audit of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission that highlights the organization’s unstable finances.
