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Archive Home > 2007 > May > 28 > Tobacco tax could be headed to voters

Tobacco tax could be headed to voters

By James Sinks / The Bulletin
May 28, 2007

SALEM - State lawmakers are again ratcheting up the debate over whether to hike cigarette taxes to expand state-subsidized children's health care - but the issue could ultimately end up in voters' mailboxes.

House Speaker Jeff Merkley, D-Portland, said last week that he does not want to exit the....

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