June 17, 2021
Tennessee tax revenue eclipses $1.5B in May
The state of Tennessee brought in $1.6 billion in tax revenue in May, which was 38% more than the budgeted estimate.
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Oregon lawmakers are considering a measure that could potentially allow cities and counties to more than triple their marijuana tax.
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A tax originally intended to curb teen tobacco use may be stretched to include vapes used to smoke marijuana — angering cannabis retailers who believe the measure was pitched and passed with an explicit exemption for weed.
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June 17, 2021
‘They are trying to kill the hemp industry:’ California’s hemp-versus-marijuana clash intensifies
A California hemp bill that would provide a long-awaited green light for hemp-derived CBD products has cleared the lower chamber – but the progress has set up a cannabis clash in the world’s largest state market.
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Illinois State Police arrested a Chicago man after they say they found 275 cartons of cigarettes missing the sales tax stamp during a traffic stop on Interstate 57 in Kankakee County earlier this week.
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June 15, 2021
Banning Tobacco Flavors Could Prove Costly for D.C.
The Flavored Tobacco Product Prohibition Amendment Act of 2021 (B24-0020) under consideration by the D.C. City Council would, as the name suggests, ban all flavored tobacco product sales in the District. That means banning the majority of cigarettes being sold, since more than 50 percent of the market is menthol flavored, which could have a significant impact on tobacco excise tax collections. The bill is scheduled for a hearing before the full Council this week.
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June 11, 2021
UPDATE: Lakewood looks at sending huge tobacco tax to ballot; would set metro-area precedent
The Lakewood City Council passed the tobacco tax measure discussed in this article on first reading, as part of a broader consent agenda package, at the Monday, June 14 council meeting. It now moves on to public notice, and public comment at the Monday, June 28th regular council meeting.
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Now is not the time to put an additional financial burden on Maine residents, Maine retailers, Maine small business owners. Our state legislature is continuing to examine the benefits of doubling the tax rate on all tobacco products in this year’s legislative session. Instead of a $2 per pack tax on a pack of cigarettes, it would double to $4.
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The City of East Lansing is directing money made from Michigan's marijuana tax into resources for people struggling with drug abuse.
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The state tax on cigarettes would double to $4 for a pack under a measure recommended by the majority of the legislature’s Taxation Committee.
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