Coalition calls MD’s alcohol tax a success
February 8, 2012
A coalition that pushed an alcohol tax increase last year is calling the tax a success and turning its efforts toward assuring that the new revenue is spent the way it was intended.... Read more »
Md. health advocates cheer allocation of proceeds from alcohol tax increase
January 25, 2012
Most of the money raised by a 50 percent increase in Maryland’s sales tax on alcohol has been allocated for health needs under Gov. Martin O’Malley’s budget, said health advocates who cheered the result Tuesday.... Read more »
Alcohol tax money directed to health programs
Gov.Martin O'Malley has proposed $64 million in health programs this year that his administration has identified as having been funded by the alcohol tax.... Read more »
Higher alcohol tax in Maryland: Where will the money go?
July 13, 2011
Deputy Director Matt Celentano was interviewed on Mix 106.5 about the alcohol tax, health care and health reform in Maryland.... Read more »
General Assembly passes tax hike in final hours
April 12, 2011
"In these times of tough budget problems, other states should do what Maryland did, raise money in a way that saves lives," DeMarco said. "This alcohol tax increase will save many lives and raise enough money to fund critical health care and community service needs."... Read more »
Celebrating the passage of alcohol tax
The Lorraine Sheehan Alcohol Tax Coalition commends the Maryland General Assembly for voting to raise an alcohol specific tax for the first time in 40 years. We urge Governor Martin O'Malley to sign this life-saving measure.... Read more »
Proposal to raise sales tax on alcohol among most contentious on Md. Legislature’s final day
April 11, 2011
Public health advocates who pushed earlier in the session for an even bigger increase in the alcohol tax were in the capital early Monday to cheer the bill.... Read more »
Alcohol tax hike passes Md. House committee
Vincent DeMarco, president of the Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative and the driving force behind the 10-cent legislation, said Saturday’s vote was still a win. “We’re thrilled they’re going to 3 percent now,” he said. “That’s a great public health victory for Maryland.”... Read more »
Senate budget writers back tax increase on alcohol
March 25, 2011
A key Senate committee on Thursday backed the state’s first increase in an alcohol specific tax in decades. The bill, approved on an 8-to-4 vote by the Budget and Taxation Committee, would gradually raise the sales tax Maryland residents pay on alcohol from 6 percent to 9 percent, eventually generating about $85 million.... Read more »
Statement by Vincent DeMarco President, Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 24, 2011 In a great victory for public health in Maryland, the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee today voted favorably on life-saving legislation to increase an alcohol specific tax for the first time in forty years. Sponsored by Senators Verna Jones-Rodwell and Rich Madaleno, Senate Bill 994 will over the next ... Read more »
