Booze and sex go hand in hand, so it makes sense that a new study finds that raising sales tax on alcohol can help lower STD rates. An article in Newser says, Published in the Journal of Preventative Medicine, researchers discovered that when Maryland raised its alcohol sales tax from 6% to 9% in 2011, […]
I read this in USA Today this morning. New data out from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed that sexually transmitted disease cases increased significantly in 2014, with cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis up for the first time since 2006. It’s not clear why the rates are going up, so the […]
CenterPoint should cut rates instead of increasing them to offset investment losses and boost earnings, a city attorney told the Houston City Council Wednesday. Read More:
