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Tobacco tax on legislative agenda
A New England anti-smoking organization has proposed new legislation designed to keep smokers from lighting up by hitting them where it hurts: their wallets. Officials of Health Now! Massachusetts, pa...
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California lawmakers propose soda tax, ban on jumbo-sized sugary drinks
“The soda industry is the new tobacco ... to put a tax of 2 cents per ounce on the 2020 ballot. The beverage industry said the tax would further burden lower-income communities, citing comments from t...
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Pritzker wants 32-cents cigarette tax hike
He predicts the tax increases would produce $65 million in new revenue. Democratic Sen. Terry Link of Waukegan is sponsoring legislation to allow the e-cigarette tax
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Tobacco tax failure highlights Oklahoma legislative dysfunction
House Democrats, who included a $1.50-per-pack tax increase in their agenda in March 2017 ... the idea because of fear that “the big tobacco companies will come and try to kill it.” “We'll see what th...
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Research & Commentary: Arkansas E-Cigarette Tax Is Disservice to Tobacco Harm Reduction
HB 1442 would increase “the cost of doing business” by tobacco retailers from 7.5 percent to 9.5 percent “of the basic costs of cigarettes to the retailer.” The legislation will also impose a 10 cent- ...
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Roads, income taxes on Arkansas lawmakers' agenda for week
Legislation that would implement Gov. Asa Hutchinson's latest proposed income tax cut will be considered by the House Revenue and Taxation Committee on Tuesday, committee chairman Rep. Joe Jett, R-Suc...
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Tax changes on Borough agenda
According to the agenda information, the potential changes and associated revenues are as follows: • Raise the percentage of the borough’s tobacco excise tax dedicated to education from 85 percent to ...
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Wyoming Democratic leaders plan ambitious, likely doomed legislative agenda on taxes and health care
CHEYENNE — Democratic leaders in the Wyoming Legislature plan ... killed all its major tax proposals weeks before the session began, making the approval of any measures other than a statewide lodging ...
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The Latest: Retailers oppose cap on sales tax reimbursement
He predicts the tax increases would produce $65 million in new revenue. Democratic Sen. Terry Link of Waukegan is sponsoring legislation to allow the e-cigarette tax . 2:45 p.m. The Illinois Senate’s ...
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E-cigarette retailers in Kansas fighting new tax
Huh, File) Topeka? A group that represents electronic cigarette retailers is trying to stop the Kansas Department of Revenue from enforcing a new tax on those items that lawmakers passed in 2015. Duri...
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The Latest: Pritzker wants 32-cents cigarette tax hike
He predicts the tax increases would produce $65 million in new revenue. Democratic Sen. Terry Link of Waukegan is sponsoring legislation to allow the e-cigarette tax. 2:45 p.m. The Illinois Senate ...
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