by admin | Sep 2, 2006 | Crime / Courts
Missouri’s proposed tobacco tax initiative could end up on the November 7th ballot, after all. Secretary of State Robin Carnahan rejected the amendment, last month, saying the petition fell 274 signatures short of the amount needed in the 5th Congressional...
by admin | Aug 24, 2006 | Uncategorized
A week from today, almost all of Missouri’s hospitals will put broad new no-smoking policies in effect. They’re getting a jump on proposed rules the state health department will put into effect next July. Hospitals have had smoking bans in their buildings...
by admin | Aug 18, 2006 | Crime / Courts
The Committee for a Healthy Future, which is trying to put a tobacco tax initiative on November’s ballot, has filed a lawsuit in Cole County Circuit Court to strike down a decision leaving the issue off the ballot. The Secretary of State’s office has ruled...
by admin | Aug 16, 2006 | Health / Medicine
The group wanting to put a tobacco tax increase on the ballot in November will ask a judge tomorrow to overturn the Secretary of State’s rejection of its petitions. The Secretary of State says ten-thousand signatures from the fifth congressional...
by admin | Aug 8, 2006 | Health / Medicine, Politics / Govt
Supporters of an initiative petition to raise the state tobacco tax say they remain optimistic the proposal will be on the November ballot, despite a ruling today by the Secretary of State that it fell short of the signatures needed. Michael Kelley with The Committee...
