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6News story: Cigarette tax increase tops state agenda

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Jan 11, 2008 - 10:30pm

A hefty tax increase on cigarettes will be a key issue when Kansas lawmakers return to Topeka next week for the start of the 2008 session.

City Government

Ninth Street reopens to traffic after being closed since December 2025

Lawrence receives $50,000 grant from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas for bus stop improvements on Massachusetts Street

Developers seek sales tax exemption on construction materials for 341-unit apartment complex near KU Innovation Park

Lawrence voters will be asked not just to raise transit sales tax, but to extend it through 2037

3 Lawrence city commissioners signal support for tweaked 2027 budget with a 1-mill increase

Lawrence City Commission votes for 7.5% year-over-year stormwater rate increases in 2027, 2028 and 2029

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