County pushes for local tobacco taxes to go with increased state tobacco taxes
Oregon legislators will hear the pros and cons of higher tobacco taxes for the second time this week at a public hearing scheduled for Friday in Salem over a proposal to empower local municipalities to raise local cigarette taxes.
House Bill 2870 is a top priority for Multnomah County Chair Jeff Cogen, who mentioned it in his State of the County speech as an example of the county's willingness to stand up to powerful interests.
Oregon voters overwhelmingly shot down a proposal to increase the cigarette…
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Posted on March 13, 2013
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