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The head of a Kansas advocacy group opposes a plan to sell off part of a tobacco lawsuit settlement. The annual payments from the settlement fund…
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Selling bonds to generate a large amount of cash from the state’s tobacco settlement remains a budget balancing option. But there appears to be growing…
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Documents obtained by a child advocacy organization show that representatives of a Wall Street firm met with Kansas officials about bonding the state’s…
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The head of a nonprofit organization that advocates for children is blowing the whistle on plans to raise some quick cash for the state treasury by…
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Big tobacco spent the most money of any Kansas organization lobbying the state government last year. Altria Client services spent $223,000.From the AP: A…
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Business and health leaders on Thursday announced an ambitious initiative to convince elected officials in the dozens of municipalities throughout the…
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Health advocates and business owners are divided over proposed increases in cigarette and alcohol taxes in Kansas.The Senate Assessment and Taxation…
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A committee in the Kansas House has started hearings on Governor Sam Brownback’s plan to raise alcohol and tobacco taxes to help fill a budget…
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The Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that Kansas spends over a billion dollars a year in healthcare costs directly linked to smoking.…
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The CDC says nearly seven percent of middle and high school students have tried e-cigarettes, and more than two percent are current users. Erika Sward, of…