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bag tax

New Jersey may soon be implementing a statewide plastic bag ban.

NJ Politics Digest: Lawmakers Eye Revised Shopping Bag Tax, Taxes on Internet Sales

The proposed measure would also ban plastic straws and polystyrene food containers.
By Observer Politics Team
Councilwoman Margaret Chin, left, rallies with Councilman Mark Levine, Councilman Brad Lander, Councilman Corey Johnson and environmental activists.

NYC Council Members Trash Cuomo for Strangling Their Five-Cent Plastic Bag Fee

"We fought plastic bags, and for now, plastic bags won."
By Will Bredderman
Mayor Bill de Blasio in Albany.

Albany Pols Trash de Blasio Over Plastic Bag Fee

Simcha Felder, Michael Benedetto and Michael Cusick pounded Bill de Blasio over the city's plan to force New Yorkers to pay five cents for disposable bags.
By Will Bredderman
Councilman Brad Lander and Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito.

City Council Sounds Defiant While Bending to Pressure From Albany on Bag Fees

By Will Bredderman
State lawmakers against the bag fees.

State Pols Vow to Block de Blasio-Backed ‘Limousine Liberal’ Bag Fees

By Will Bredderman
Councilman Rafael Espinal, right, tours the Lagmitz Paper and Plastic Co. with workers and representatives from the plastic bag industry (Photo: Will Bredderman).

Poll: 63 Percent of New Yorkers Oppose 10-Cent Fee on Shopping Bags

By Will Bredderman
Councilwoman Helen Rosenthal (Photo: William Alatriste/New York City Council).

Tenant Leader Rips Councilwoman Over Claim Parents Can ‘Afford’ Bag Fee

By Will Bredderman
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