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The Line Top 10 Countdown: #7 Santa Fe Soda Tax & Healthy Workforce Defeats
December 22, 2017 – Number seven on our list of the top ten stories of 2017 is two high-profile measures that failed at the polls this year – Santa Fe’s “Soda Tax” and Albuquerque’s Healthy Workforce Initiative. The tax on sugary beverages would have provided money for early childhood education in Santa Fe and the…
Read MoreThe Line: Santa Feans Vote No on Soda Tax and Governor Martinez Wants Tax Reform
May 5, 2017 – A record number of Santa Fe voters soundly rejected a proposed tax on sugar-sweetened beverages. With the defeat of the two-cent-per-ounce tax, the city must look to other ways to fund early childhood education programs. And Governor Susana Martinez plans to reintroduce a tax overhaul bill when she schedules the special…
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