Senate Republican sours on budget proposal to tax sugary soft drinks

Albany Times Union
By CATHLEEN F. CROWLEY, Staff writer
February 10, 2010

ALBANY — The soda tax generated the most heated debate Tuesday at a hearing on the proposed health budget.

The health budget cuts state funding to hospitals, nursing homes and medical education, but the soda issue bubbled to the top.

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