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Lawmakers eyeing tobacco tax increase to help close $2 million budget shortfall
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Indiana's top political leaders are revealing a new budget deal that includes a big increase in the state's tobacco tax.
Sen. Ryan Mishler (R-District 9) announced the cost of a pack of cigarettes would go up by $2 a pack, the first increase in 17 years. Mishler is the state senator responsible for that chamber's version of the budget.
MORE: https://www.wthr.com/article/news/politics/cigarette-tax-part-of-final-indiana-budget-deal-tobacco-braun-bray-huston-mishler-forecast-revenue-funding/531-d1498296-dd93-4b73-a24d-c5611acf1110