The House of Delegates Ways and Means Committee heard more than two hours of testimony from those for and against the new ...

Maryland lawmakers are considering a new tax on sugary drinks as a potential solution to the state's significant budget ...

Non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular conditions account for over 70% of global deaths ...

Maryland lawmakers may impose the nation’s first dedicated statewide tax on soda and other sugary beverages — joining cities including Philadelphia, Seattle and Boulder, Colorado, that have created ...

A bill in the Maryland General Assembly aimed it improving health may have the opposite effect by impairing access to ...

In an effort to address Maryland’s growing budget deficit, two Democratic lawmakers want to tax distributors of sugary ...

For two hours, members of the Ways and Means committee debated a proposal to raise $500 million for the state. Taxing drinks ...

Nearly all of the children in the study -- 94% -- experienced a drop in consciousness, 95% had dangerously low blood sugar, ...

Studies show that children can consume a bathtub’s worth of sugary drinks every year. Advocates in support of a bill that would tax sugary drinks in Maryland brought the visual representation of a bat ...

The World Health Organization recommends a tax of at least 20% on sugary drinks as an effective tool to help reduce consumption and curb related health risks. South Africa introduced a tax on ...