montana tax

Montana Attorney General Tim Fox’s office on Monday endorsed the language of a ballot measure raising cigarette taxes. The final decision on the challenge to Initiative 185 by an opposition group, Montanans Against Tax Hikes, goes to the Montana Supreme Court, which will look at the description of what the cigarette tax hike would fund...

The Montana Senate approved a big increase in state tobacco taxes on Thursday, which supporters said would help fund health-care costs, but sparked emotional reaction from opponents of the measure.  KTVQ.com reports the Senate voted 27-22 in favor SB 354, which increases cigarette taxes by $1...