Cook County Crushes Beverage Tax

Soda taxes aren’t just annoying, they don’t curb obesity

Following the repeal of Cook County's soda tax in 2017 — the deep and enduring unpopularity of Philadelphia's soda tax and numerous studies showing their lack of effectiveness in reducing obesity — one could be forgiven for thinking this policy was as dead as Michael Bloomberg's presidential ambitions.

Townships Overwhelmingly Reject Bringing Back Soda Tax

Voters in seven Cook County townships signaled strong opposition to referendums asking if Cook County should reinstate the unpopular sweetened beverage tax, or “soda tax.”

Why the Cook County soda tax failed

Tim Schneider and his three Republican counterparts on the Cook County Board spent much of this year trying to convince Democratic colleagues a penny-per-ounce sweetened beverage tax would hurt their districts, to no avail.

Column: Sweetened beverage tax just too burdensome

After strong pressure from the public, the Cook County penny-an-ounce sweetened beverage tax has been repealed.

No tears for end of Cook County soda tax — and no more pop runs to Indiana

Since Cook County’s sweetened beverage tax went into effect, Ida White has been driving just over the Indiana border…

Did Cook County’s failed soda tax cause sales taxes to fizzle, too?

Cook County's short-lived penny-per-ounce tax on sweetened beverages not only failed to bring in as much revenue as projected…

Cook County Residents, Businesses and Commissioners Toast the End of the County’s Beverage Tax

With the beverage tax gone, the group declared that “Cook County is open for business,” and urged county residents and consumers to come back to Cook County to shop in their stores and eat in their restaurants.