tobacco companies

Big Spending on Ballot Initiatives
Big Spending on Ballot Initiatives
Big Spending on Ballot Initiatives
Financial disclosures indicate tobacco companies bankrolling the campaign to stop Initiative 185– which would raise tobacco taxes to help fund Medicaid in Montana– have spent another $5 million on the campaign. Meanwhile, supporters of the initiative led by Montana hospitals, added nearly $3 million in the past three weeks, bringing the total fundraising and spending on the ballot-measure fight to