Sort by:
Date added |
Date Published |
Most Viewed
Headlines Tagged with Missouri — 3,979 headlines found
6
Views
[Missouri] LETTER: Proposition B wrongly mixed tobacco taxes, education funding
If education needs additional funding, then be honest and ask for additional funds for that purpose. If you wish to reduce smoking, increase the tax and use all of those funds to help smokers end their addiction by subsidizing “stop smoking” aids.
Nov 9, 2012
St. Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch
added
Nov 9, 2012 13:57
3
Views
LETTER: Missouri needs to move forward on tobacco taxes
Not only are we having the lowest tobacco tax in the nation, we are practically stepping backward by not passing an increase for the third time. Missourians may be saying no on Prop B this time, but our state has to move forward on this issue, because th
Nov 9, 2012
St. Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch
added
Nov 9, 2012 13:52
9
Views
[Missouri] Avid Smoker Can't Fight New Ban in Clayton, Mo.
A man cannot sue a Missouri suburb over its anti-smoking ordinance, the 8th Circuit ruled. Arthur Gallagher sued the city of Clayton
Nov 9, 2012
Courthouse News
added
Nov 9, 2012 11:27
16
Views
[Missouri] Third time hardly charming for boosters of higher Mo. tobacco taxes
“They’ve all been squeakers,” said Ron Leone of the Missouri Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association, the main opposition group. Leone said his association will discuss a “reasonable compromise” with the American Cancer Society
Nov 8, 2012
St. Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch
added
Nov 8, 2012 11:43
3
Views
[Missouri] MO PROP-B CIGARETTE TAX - Precincts Reporting: 98%
NO 1,339,051 51% YES 1,286,219 49%
Nov 8, 2012
WDAF-TV Fox 4 (Kansas City, MO)
added
Nov 8, 2012 09:07
7
Views
[Missouri] Prop B foe says he might be open to smaller cigarette tax hike
A day after Missouri voters barely rejected a sharp increase in the state’s tobacco tax for the third time in a decade, educators are wondering where they can find increased school funding.
Nov 7, 2012
AP - Associated Press
added
Nov 7, 2012 22:15
9
Views
[Missouri] Gas station PAC spent $2.65 million to defeat cigarette tax
Missouri voters defeated Proposition B last night (the tax increase on cigarettes) after the Missouri Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association PAC raised more than $2.65 million to oppose the measure. . . . The PAC, which raised nearly $1
Nov 7, 2012
St. Louis (MO) Business Journal
added
Nov 7, 2012 22:05
7
Views
[Missouri] Effort To Raise Cigarette Tax Fails (Again)
An extensive anti-tax ad campaign by the Missouri Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association led to Prop B's defeat.
Nov 7, 2012
90.7 KWMU-FM (St. Louis, MO)
added
Nov 7, 2012 21:54
3
Views
HICKOX: Missouri chooses smokers over students, again
We, the people of Boone County, did the right thing and passed Prop B with nearly 60 percent of the vote, but our friends (ex-friends, now) north and south of I-70 let us down. I don’t like to think of myself as an issues voter, nor a proponent of goods
Nov 7, 2012
The Maneater (University of Missouri - Columbia)
added
Nov 7, 2012 21:02
16
Views
[Missouri, North Dakota] Saving Lives at the Ballot Box
Voters to decide smoke-free initiative in North Dakota, tobacco tax measure in Missouri
Oct 25, 2012
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK)
added
Nov 7, 2012 13:29