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Rudy Takala: Posted on Thursday, February 07, 2013 6:03 PM
 State Sen. Carla Nelson (R-Rochester) recently proposed two tobacco-related tax increases in the Minnesota Senate. One would increase the price of “little cigars.” Under her proposal, Nelson says that they would be taxed an additional $4 per pack, bringing their cost to around $6. The second proposal would increase the cost of cigarettes by $1.29 per pack. The cigarette tax proposal is an annual one for Sen. Nelson. She pushed the same legislation during the 2012 legislative session, when Republicans controlled both the House and the Senate. |
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Rudy Takala: Posted on Thursday, February 16, 2012 9:39 AM
 Two Minnesota Republicans, Sen. Carla Nelson and Rep. Mike Benson, have proposed doubling the state’s excise tax on cigarettes from $1.23 to $2.52 per pack. Nelson suggested that at some point in the future, the revenue could be used to replace some taxes on commercial property. “It’s getting rid of a bad tax for a good tax,” she said. Before using it to lower commercial property taxes, the legislators suggested that the intent would be to pay back $2 billion borrowed from Minnesota’s schools to pay for state spending. |
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