Associations Now

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Other Votes of Note In a special Republican primary runoff for a congressional seat in Alabama, former state Sen. The Colorado Beverage Association scored a victory on Tuesday after voters in the ski-resort town of Telluride turned down a ballot proposal to tax sugary drinks. The measure failed by a 68 percent to 32 percent margin.

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Associations Now

DECEMBER 12, 2013

An Obama administration proposal to fund a community policing program that would support such efforts is still being reviewed by Congress.) Such bills have been introduced in 35 states; South Dakota was the first to pass a measure in March, and six others—Alabama, Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas—followed suit.

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Associations Now

JUNE 4, 2014

A study from Stanford University found that a proposed ban on purchasing sugary drinks with food stamps would cut the obesity rate among people ages 18 to 65. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the response to a flood of recent studies that have drawn media coverage, including: Food stamps for soda?

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