Lobbyists for discount brands of smokeless tobacco are livid about a "favorable tag" that Bryan Republican Sen. Steve Ogden, the Senate's chief tax bill writer, today put on a House-passed bill now in his committee. The bill is in a...
The House this evening tentatively approved a bill that would adopt a weight-based tax on smokeless tobacco, replacing the current levy of 40 percent of the manufacturer's list price. The bill would raise money for incentives to have young doctors...
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