Philadelphia soda tax lawsuit dismissed
Common Pleas Court Judge Gary S. Glazer has dismissed a lawsuit against the city's sweetened beverage tax, allowing the Kenney Administration to move forward with the implementation of an expanded prekindergarten program the levy will fund.
In a ruling Monday, Glazer dismissed the lawsuit in its entirety.
As Mayor Kenney staffers received the news, cheers were heard down the second floor of City Hall, which is home to the mayor's offices. The dismissal of the lawsuit is a major victory for Kenney, who made funding prekindergarten through a soda tax his primary policy issue in his first year as mayor.
The passage of the tax was an intense fight in which millions of dollars were spent in lobbying both sides of the issue.
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