For many local business owners, the cost of expanding the bottle bill outweighs the benefits. Paul Barber, owner of the Flying Rhino Café in Worcester expressed his concern over the additional costs associated with expanding the bottle bill. Barber believes that expanding the bottle bill would force business owners and consumers to “bear additional costs [...]

A new study by Lehigh University suggests that obesity is a far more complex issue than Mayor Nutter has led on. The mayor has tried to justify previous attempts to pass a soda tax in Philadelphia by citing increasing obesity rates. However, the new study suggests that there are many factors contributing to obesity and [...]