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5.25.21 - WDVM - A new bill requires healthier options for children in Prince George’s Co.
5.25.21 - Washington Times - Prince George's County requiring healthy kids' meals in restaurants
5.24.21 - Prince George's County TV (CTV) - A Prince George’s County Healthy Kids’ Meals Bill becomes law, making it easier for families to choose healthier options at restaurants
5.24.21 - NBC 4 Washington - New Law Requires Prince George's Restaurants to Provide Healthier Kids Meals
5.24.21 - WTOP Radio - New law pushes Prince George’s Co. restaurants to give kids healthier options
5.23.21 - Annapolis Capital-Gazette - Op-Ed: It’s time to make healthy options the law for Anne Arundel
5.21.21 - Washington Post - Op-Ed: Prince George’s County is leading the way on healthy options for children’s meals
4.14.21 - Frederick News-Post - Op-Ed: Our Kids are Sweet Enough
11.30.20 - Washington Post - Goodbye Coke, hello milk! Prince George’s pushes healthy kids’ menu
11.24.20 - NYC Food Policy Center - Prince George’s County Passes Comprehensive Healthy Kids’ Meal Bill
11.21.20 - Reason - Maryland County Piles New Regulations on Struggling Restaurants
11.19.20 - NBC4 Washington - Prince George's Approves Requiring Healthy Kids' Meals at Restaurants
11.18.20 - Prince George's Co. TV (CTV) - CTV News 11/18/20
11.17.20 - NBC4 Washington - Bill Would Require Healthy Kids' Meals in Prince George's Restaurants
11.16.20 - Civil Eats - Happy Meals Could Get Healthier Under a Proposed Maryland Law
11.16.20 - Washington Post - Prince George’s County is aiming to make kids’ meals healthier (Op-Ed)
11.9.20 - Voices for Healthy Kids - Prince George’s County Kids Deserve Healthy Food and a Healthy Future
10.16.20 - The Diamondback - This Prince George’s County bill could change the default drinks restaurants serve to kids
10.4.20 - Washington Times - Nutrition advocates focus on Prince George's County's high obesity rates
9.30.20 - Prince George's Co. TV (CTV) - A bill introduced last week in the @pgccouncil would ensure that options in #kidsmeals limit calories, sugar, salt & fat at local #restaurants
9.22.20 - CSPI Newsroom - Healthy Kids’ Meal Movement Gains Traction with Introduction of Bill in Prince George’s County, MD
4.1.19 - Baltimore Sun - Tax on sugary drinks a healthy boost for kids (Letter to Editor)
3.26.19 - Baltimore Sun - Tax on soda crucial to children's health (Editorial)
10.9.18 - New York Food Policy Center - Soda No Longer Default Beverage on Children’s Menus in Baltimore
8.15.18 - Harford News - Baltimore Bans Soda From Kids’ Menus to Curb Childhood Obesity
7.28.18 - Voice of America - US City Bans Sugary Drinks on Children’s Menus
7.24.18 - The Daily Meal - Baltimore Bans Soda From Kids' Menus to Curb Childhood Obesity
7.23.18 - mom.me - Baltimore Bans Item From Kids' Menus
7.22.18 - The Takeout - Baltimore banishes sugary drinks from kids' menus
7.22.18 - WJZ TV - Baltimore City Bans Sodas On Kids' Menus
7.20.18 - CNBC - Baltimore bans soda from kids' menus
7.20.18 - Fox 45 TV - Baltimore City Health Commissioner speaks on award, soda ban
7.19.18 - Fox 45 TV - #Baltimore Restaurant Owner Charlie Gjerde supports new city @SugarFreeKidsMD law.
7.19.18 - The Now - 10 cities pass bill banning sugary drinks on kids' menus
7.19.18 - CNN - Baltimore bans sugary drinks from kids' menus
7.19.18 - Maryland Public News Service - Baltimore Restaurants Bar Sodas, Sugary Drinks on Kids' Menus
7.19.18 - The Today Show - Baltimore becomes the first major American city to ban sodas from children’s menus at restaurants
7.19.18 - Mental Floss - Sorry, Kids: Soda is Now Banned From Children's Menus in Baltimore
7.19.18 - Restaurant Business - Efforts to Curb Soda Consumption Brings Results on Both Coasts
7.19.18 - doc wire - Baltimore Passes Law to Ban Sugary Drinks From Kid’s Menus
7.18.18 - WTOP Radio - Baltimore Kids' Menus Story
7.18.18 - KRCG TV (CBS, Columbia, Mo.) - Mid-Missouri physician approves of Baltimore ordinance banning soda from kids menus
7.18.18 - WJZ 13 TV - New Law in Baltimore Bars Sodas From Kids' Menus
7.18.18 - Maryland Daily Record - Baltimore law barring soda from kids’ meals takes effect
7.18.18 - Associated Press - New Law in Baltimore Bars Sodas From Kids' Menus
5.2.18 - Fox 45 TV - Your Voice: Kevin Kamenetz
5.1.18 - WBAL Radio - Baltimore Co. Eliminates Unhealthy Options From Government Building Vending Machines
5.1.18 - ABC2 TV - Nutritious snacks taking over Baltimore County vending machines (evening report)
5.1.18 - WBAL 11 TV - Baltimore County eliminates unhealthy options from government building vending machines
5.1.18 - ABC2 TV - Nutritious snacks taking over Baltimore County vending machines (morning report)
4.19.18 - ABC2 TV - Mayor Catherine Pugh Signs Healthy Kids' Meal Bill
4.19.18 - CSPI Newsroom - Baltimore Mayor Signs Healthy Kids Meal Bill
4.19.18 - ABC2 TV - Maryland Sugar Rush Event Held in Baltimore
4.19.18 - WJZ 13 TV - Mayor Pugh Officially Signs Styrofoam Bill into Law
4.18.18 - ABC2 TV - Maryland Sugar Rush event to keep kids healthy
3.27.18 - WWL TV (CBS New Orleans) - The impact sugary drinks has on kids health
3.26.18 - FOX 2 TV (St. Louis) - New laws restrict sugary drinks, promote healthy kids
3.13.18 - WBAL 11 TV - City Council unanimously passes Styrofoam ban for city restaurants
3.13.18 - UConn Today - Will Holding the Cheese and Chocolate Milk on Happy Meals Make a Difference?
3.12.18 - ABC2 TV - City council to vote on polystyrene foam products and healthy drink options for kids
3.12.18 - WCBM Radio - Baltimore City Council to Pass Bill Banning Styrofoam and Vote on Banning Sugary Drinks From Kids Meal
3.12.18 - Baltimore Sun - City Council passes bill requiring top City Hall officials to live in Baltimore
3.12.18 - Baltimore Sun - Baltimore City Council to pass new regulations, including Styrofoam ban
3.12.18 - Associated Press - Baltimore City Council to vote on Styrofoam ban
3.12.18 - WBAL Radio - Restaurant Trade Group Voices Opposition To City Styrofoam, Sugary Drink Bills
3.1.18 - WEAA Radio - Wen: State needs to follow Baltimore City, pass bill on healthy drinks for kids
2.28.18 - Forbes - How This Baltimore Bill Would Change Beverages With Kids' Meals
2.27.18 - WJZ TV - Bill To Create Healthier Drink Options For Kids Approved By Baltimore City Council
2.27.18 - Baltimore Sun - Baltimore set to ban Styrofoam use
2.27.18 - WYPR Radio - City Council Confirms De Sousa and Bans Sugary Drinks
2.26.18 - Baltimore Fishbowl - In op-ed, Wen touts legislation to restrict sugary drinks on kids’ menus
2.26.18 - ABC2 TV - City moves to remove sugary drinks from kids' menu
2.26.18 - Maryland Daily Record - Restaurants dismayed as healthy kids’ meals bill close to passage in Baltimore
2.26.18 - The Hill - Op-Ed: Sugary drinks are causing chronic illnesses — we need policy changes to combat them
2.25.18 - ABC2 TV - Baltimore City Kids' Meal Bill Moves Forward
2.25.18 - Baltimore Sun - Op-Ed: Baltimore City should pass bill banning sugary drinks from kids' menus
2.23.18 - Fox 45 TV - Shawn McIntosh on Fox 45 Morning News: Baltimore Healthy Kids' Meal Bill
2.19.18 - The Diamondback - Opinion: Children consume too much sugar. Policy is a great way to fight back.
2.15.18 - reason.com - Baltimore Mulls Law to Banish Soda from Kids' Menus
2.13.18 - Associated Press - Committee Votes on Bill on Sugary Drinks in Kids Meals
12.14.17 - Capital News Service - Maryland Medical Society Aims to Reduce Diabetes
11.3.17 - Mercury News (Bay Area) - Kids and soda: It's even worse than we thought
10.26.17 - WJZ 13 TV - City Council Proposes Taking Sugary Drinks Off Of Youth Restaurant Menus
10.18.17 - Maryland Daily Record - Baltimore sugary beverage bill draws opposition from restaurant industry
10.17.17 - Baltimore Sun - Baltimore councilman seeks to require restaurants to post health inspection results
9.17.17 - Southern Maryland News Net - Commissioners Approve Resolution to Assist Employee Wellness Initiative
9.16.17 - Southern Maryland Online - Commissioners Approve Resolution to Assist Employee Wellness Initiative
9.13.17 - Conduit Street - Charles Commissioners Expand County Wellness Initiative
7.24.17 - Vending Market Watch - Maryland Adds Another Healthy Vending District
7.19.17 - Maryland Reporter - State Roundup, July 19, 2017
7.18.17 - Washington Post - Prince George's joins other jurisdictions to require healthy vending machine foods
7.18.17 - WTOP Radio - Prince George's joins other jurisdictions to require healthy vending machine foods
7.18.17 - Washington Informer - Healthier Food, Drink Choices Coming to Prince George’s County
7.18.17 - NBC 4 Washington - Healthy Food Now Required in Some Pr. George's Co. Vending Machines
7.18.17 - ABC 7 Washington - Healthy snacks added to county bldg. vending machines after P.G. council passes law
7.18.17 - Prince George's Co. TV (CTV) - CTV News 7/18/17
7.18.17 - ABC 7 Good Morning Washington - Prince George's County Healthy Vending Preview
7.18.17 - NBC 4 News 4 Today - Prince George's County Healthy Vending Preview
7.6.117 - ABC 7/ Newschannel 8 - Akil Patterson dishes on new healthy vending legislation
6.9.17 - Vending Market Watch - Maryland County Committee Backs Healthy Vending Policy
6.9.17 - WTOP Radio - Prince George's committee backs healthy vending machines measure
6.8.17 - WTOP Radio - Prince George's considers vending machine standards expansion
4.19.17 - Bethesda Beat - County Council Approves Healthy Vending Machines Bill
4.19.17 - U.S. News & World Report - Healthy vending machine measure passes in Montgomery Count y
4.18.17 - Washington Post - Junk snacks in Montgomery government vending machines restricted by new law
4.18.17 - Bethesda Beat - County Council Approves Healthy Vending Machines Bill
4.18.17 - ABC 7 TV - Healthy snacks to be added in vending machines after Montg. Co. Council bill approval
4.18.17 - Rockville Patch - Healthy Vending Machines Bill Approved in Montgomery County
4.18.17 - Bethesda Beat - Outraged Advocates Say Sports Drink, Soda Companies Shaped Drafted Health Policy for Parks
4.18.17 - Takoma Park Patch - Council Votes on Healthy Vending Machines Bill
4.18.17 - WTOP Radio - Montgomery Co. passes healthy vending measure
4.18.17 - Montgomery Community Media - County Council Passes 'Healthy Vending Choices' Legislation
4.18.17 - Montgomery Community Media - Organization Cries Foul to Changes in Healthy Vending Standards
3.30.17 - NBC 4 Washington - Proposal Changes the Rules for Snacks in Vending Machines Owned by Montgomery Co.
3.30.17 - WTOP Radio - Healthy vending machine bill advances in Montgomery Co.
3.21.17 - USA Today - The real truth about sugary drinks: How much is OK for kids to consume?
3.1.17 - Silver Spring Patch - Proposed Bill Would Require Healthier Vending Machines In Montgomery County
2.28.17 - Montgomery Community Media - Leventhal Bill Would Require Healthy Options in Vending Machines on State Property
2.28.17 - WTOP Radio - Healthy vending machine bill advances in Montgomery Co.
2.28.17 - ABC 7 TV - Bill calls for healthier options in vending machines in Montgomery County
2.28.17 - WMAL Radio - LISTEN: Montgomery County Looks to Make Vending Machines Healthier
2.28.17 - Bethesda Beat - County Council Airs Bill That Would Require Vending Machine Products To Be Healthier
2.27.17 - Bethesda Beat - Week Ahead: County Council To Take Up Transportation in Bethesda Downtown Plan
2.26.17 - WTOP Radio - Healthier, emptier vending machines may come to Montgomery Co.
2.15.17 - NBC 4 Washington - 4 Your Sunday Viewpoint: Should Healthy Snacks be Featured in Vending Machines?
2.15.17 - Vending Times - Maryland's Montgomery County Introduces Healthy Vending Bill
1.26.17 - WJZ 13 TV - CDC Report Shows Children Still Consuming Too Many Sugary Drinks
1.10.17 - WTOP Radio - Bill proposed for healthier vending machines in Maryland
1.9.17 - Vending Times - Healthy Vending Legislation Resurfaces in Maryland
1.6.17 - WJZ 13 TV - Sugar Free Kids Md. Proposes Bill For Healthier Vending Machines
1.6.17 - Vending Market Watch - Maryland Healthy Vending Act Garners More Support
6.8.16 – Baltimore Sun – Proposed warnings on sugary drinks a matter of health, justice proponents say
6.8.16 – National Daily Press – Baltimore City could become the 1^st jurisdiction to require warning labels for sugary drinks
6.8.16 – New Hampshire Voice – Cities Need to Cut sugar intake as obesity epidemic on the rise
6.8.16 – Natural Society – Baltimore, Other Big Cities Push for Warning Labels on Sugary Drinks
6.8.16 – Food Drive – San Francisco’s warning labels for sugary drinks on hold, future hangs on appeal
6.7.16 – CBS Evening News – Multiple cities look to decrease sugary drink intake
6.7.16 – Baltimore Business Journal – Sugary drink warning label legislation headed to work session
6.7.16 – Huffington Post - Baltimore’s Big Soda Moment: Why Access to Sugary Drink Information is a Civil Rights Issue
6.7.16 – Baltimore Business Journal - The debate over sugary drinks warning labels is about to begin
6.7.16 – WBAL TV 11 – Baltimore City Contemplates putting warning label on sugary drinks
6.7.16 – WJZ 13 – City Leaders Calling For Warning Labels For Sugary Drinks
6.7.16 – ABC 2 – Baltimore could become first East Coast city to require warning signs for sugary drinks
6.7.16 – Fox 45 – Bill that would require labels for sugar-sweetened beverages receives major support
6.7.16 – Maine News Online – Why Baltimore City Council should pass bill to include warning label on sugary drinks
6.7.16 – CNS News – Baltimore Officials Press for Warning Labels on Sugary Drinks
6.6.16 –WBAL Radio – City Council to Consider Sweet Drink Warning Label Bill; Retailers Respond
6.6.16 – CSP Daily News – Another City Considers Warnings for Sugary Drink
6.6.16 – The Quinton Report – City Council To Consider Sweet Drink Warning Label Bill; Retailers Respond
6.6.16 – Convenience Store Decisions – Baltimore May Soon Require Warnings on Sugar Sweetened Beverages
6.6.16 – Baltimore Jewish Life – City Council to Consider Sweet Drink Warning Label Bill
5.31.16 – Fox 45 News – Baltimore considering warning labels for sugary drinks
5.25.16 – ABC2 News – Some groups pushing for warning labels on sugary drinks in Maryland
5.20.16 – Baltimore Sun – Childhood obesity task force calls for attention to vending machines, sodas
3.22.16 – ABC2 Baltimore – Bill Dies Which Could Have Controlled the Kinds of Foods in Some Vending Machines
3.16.16 – Baltimore Post-Examiner – Change in Judicial Elections Rejected; Healthy Vending Bill Fails
3.15.16 – Baltimore Sun – Bill Requiring Healthy Vending Fare Fails
3.15.16 – Capital News Service – Move to Put Public Vending Machines in Maryland on Diet Fails
3.11.16 – Maryland Public Television (State Circle) – Coverage of the Maryland Healthy Vending Act Media Opportunity
3.9.16 – Maryland Reporter – Bill Requires Healthier Choices in Vending Machines on State Property
3.9.16 – Maryland Daily Record – Proposed Md. Healthy Vending Machine Requirement and Opportunity for Some
3.9.16 – Fox 45 – Coverage of the Maryland Healthy Vending Act Media Opportunity
3.9.16 – cnsnews.com – ‘Healthy Vending Act’ Would Set Fines, Rules For Snacks in Md.
3.7.16 – Baltimore Sun (Op-Ed) – Vote for healthy vending choices in Md.
2.19.16 – Capital News Service – Restaurants Will Cut Sugary Drinks from Kids’ Menus Bill Says
2.12.16 – Vending Times – Maryland Lawmaker Introduces ‘Healthy’ Vending Bill
2.4.16 – The Washington Post – Maryland Bill Would Limit Junk Food in State Vending Machines
2.4.16 – WBAL Radio – Advocates Push for Healthy Vending on State Property
2.4.16 – Capital News Service – Lobby Day for Bill Allowing Healthier Food and Beverage Options in Vending Machines
2.2.16 – ABC 2 In Focus – Maryland Healthy Vending Act Aims to Fight Childhood Obesity
2.1.16 – Prince George’s Community Television (CTV News) – Robi Rawl discusses Maryland Healthy Vending Act
1.12.16 – Baltimore Sun - Baltimore Officials Want Warnings on Sugary Drinks
1.12.16 – Maryland Daily Record – Baltimore City Councilman Wants Warnings About Sugary Drinks
1.12.16 – SF (San Francisco) Gate Website – Baltimore Officials Want Warning Signs About Sugary Drinks
1.12.16 – Washington Post – Baltimore Officials Want Warning Signs About Sugary Drinks
1.11.16 – WJZ 13 (CBS) – New Bill Would Issue Warnings or Sugary Drinks
1.11.16 – WBAL 11 (NBC) – Bill Would Require Warning for Sugar-Sweetened Beverages
1.11.16 – WMAR 2 (ABC) – Baltimore City Council Proposes Bill to Display Warning Labels on Sugary Drinks
1.11.16 – NBC’s TODAY Show Website – Soda Drinkers Pile on Fat in all the Wrong Places, Study Finds
1.11.16 – Baltimore Fishbowl – Mosby, Wen Want to put Warnings on Sugary Drinks
1.11.16 – Baltimore Business Journal – Maryland Retail, Beverage Industries Decry City Effort to put Warning Labels on Sugary Drinks -
1.11.16 – Baltimore Business Journal – Why Dr. Leana Wen Wants to Stick to Warning Labels on Sugary Drinks
1.6.16 – Baltimore Sun – Horizon Foundation Works to Spread Healthy Vending Options Across State
1.6.16 – Maryland Daily Record – Bill Seeks to Encourage Healthier Snacking in Md.
1.6.16 – Vending Market Watch – Sugar Free Kids Coalition to Propose the ‘Maryland Healthy Vending Act’ During the State’s 2016 Legislation
1.5.16 – WJZ 13 (CBS) – Md. Group Pushing Overhaul of State-Owned Vending Machines
1.5.16 – FOX 45 – Story focusing on Sugar Free Kids 2016 legislative agenda announcemen

“Maryland Healthy Vending Act” Fails to Gain Approval in Annapolis

Legislation Would Have Made Healthy Choices More Accessible in State Vending Machines

Annapolis, Md. – Although it received an incredible amount of support from state congressional co-sponsors, industry leaders and coalition members, the measure to make healthier food and drinks more widely available in vending machines on state property known as the Maryland Healthy Vending Act (HB 1498; SB 602) was voted down by the Maryland Senate Finance Committee. Read the full press release here