by Mike Lear | May 2, 2014 | Crime / Courts, News
A circuit judge has ruled Missouri is due nearly $50-million more in this year’s tobacco settlement payment. The office of Attorney General Chris Koster says the St. Louis Circuit Court ruling partially vacates a 2013 arbitration panel decision that cost...
by Mike Lear | Mar 12, 2014 | News
A bill that would increase a fee some small tobacco companies pay on the sale of their cigarettes in Missouri has been heard in a House Committee. The issue is related to a ruling in September by a 3-judge panel that Missouri would lose about $70-million of its...
by Mike Lear | Sep 19, 2013 | News, Politics / Govt
Missouri budget planners now know how much the state budget will lose from tobacco settlement money. State Budget Director Linda Luebbering says the Attorney General’s Office estimates Missouri will only get $60-million of the $130-million tobacco settlement...
