Tagged: cigarette tax

Missouri voters will be asked in November to raise the state's tobacco tax and let St. Louis run its own police department.

Initiatives that would cap payday loan interest rates, raise the Missouri minimum wage, and raise the state's tobacco tax are a step closer to the November ballot, after a Missouri Supreme Court ruling yesterday. The three initiatives were tied up for months in court – one judge struck down the payday petition, ruling the ballot summary was "likely to deceive petition signers." But yesterday, the Missouri Supreme Court upheld all three ballot summaries.

Supporters of a ballot initiative to raise Missouri’s cigarette tax turned in signatures today.

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Regional news coverage from the KBIA newsroom, including:

• A victory for Missouri voters
• Zebra mussels found near Kansas City
• St. Charles County reschedules their caucus
• Senator Claire McCaskill will run for re-election
• Jefferson City Memorial Airport gets federal funds for repairs
• A Mexico ambulance service will be postponed due to infrastructure issues
• A new bill proposes a tax hike in cigarette sales