Group submits push to raise in Missouri cigarette taxes
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Proponents of a plan to raise Missouri's lowest-in-the-nation cigarette taxes say they've submitted petitions in hopes of getting the matter on the November ballot.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Proponents of a plan to raise Missouri's lowest-in-the-nation cigarette taxes say they've submitted petitions in hopes of getting the matter on the November ballot.
Raise Your Hand For Kids says it turned in more than 320,000 signatures to the Missouri Secretary of State's Office on Saturday. The revenue largely would go to early childhood education programs, with smaller portions going to early childhood health programs and anti-smoking programs for youth and pregnant women.
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Fitch credit researchers crunched the data to find that $9.9 trillion in global sovereign debt had negative yields as of April 25.
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"Unconventional monetary policies, regulatory risk mitigation by banks and a flight to safety in global financial markets have all contributed... Читать дальше...
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Orthopedic surgeons are relying more and more on 3-D printing to build replacements for their patients’ defective or worn out bones.
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Psychologists have suspected for a while now that money changes the way people act toward others.
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