A hearing on the Nutrition Equity Amendment Act of 2021 is scheduled for Wednesday at 10 a.m.. before Council member Brianne K. Nadeau (Ward 1), who chairs the Committee on Human Services. Her bill would repeal the District's 8% sales tax on sugary drinks and impose a 1.5-cent-per-ounce tax on the distribution of sugary beverages in the District.

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