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June 22, 2009

SALTER – NPM tax is a sop to Altria, Big Tobacco

NPM tax is a sop to Altria, Big Tobacco But discussions of another cigarette tax hike this year – this time just on the tobacco manufacturing companies or “non-participating manufacturers,” or NPMs, that weren’t a party to the state’s tobacco settlement – should come with a giant asterisk. No one can explain that fact better…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
June 22, 2009

Budget Deal Struck? Did the House give in?

McCoy: Miss. budget deal should be quick McCoy said an agreement in principle reached over the weekend was a huge step in negotations between the House and the Senate. The two chambers are trying to craft a spending plan for state agencies and programs for fiscal year 2010. The agreement calls for a $60 million…