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Jump to full article: Lawrence (MA) Eagle-Tribune, 2008-05-07
Author: Edward Mason Staff writer
Intro: The Senate approved a $1 per pack cigarette tax increase yesterday, part of a $472 million tax hike that would be the largest in the last six years.
The Senate voted 31-6 for the tax bill, which would raise $175 million through higher cigarette taxes and $297 million from closing so-called corporate tax loopholes.
Sens. Steven A. Baddour, D-Methuen, and Susan C. Tucker, D-Andover, voted for the bill, which passed the Senate while Sen. Bruce E. Tarr, R-Gloucester, voted against it.
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