The Department of Agriculture threatened to pull almost $90 million in food stamp funding from the entire state of Illinois over how Cook County's sugary drink tax is being implemented in places like Chicago. This week's analysis from the Align Public Strategies crew includes what this warning from the feds means for other municipalities trying to pass a soda tax.
Plus, remember when the Fight for $15 movement used to shutdown streets with protesters? Whatever happened to them and why have they become so quiet lately. What's next for the movement? Twelve, maybe?
Those stories and the legislative scorecard from the week including joint employers rulings out of DC.
