Some call it a deft play, others a shakedown. But the beverage industry won big today in the battle over soda taxes in California, which could have implications beyond just this one industry.
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It was the last big set of primary contests before the summer hiatus – and it delivered more drama and change than expected.
Letting voters make law at the ballot box is messy. In a frantic effort to prevent that, the Massachusetts legislature yesterday struck a rather far-reaching deal.