Increase for state's alcohol tax seems unlikely

Sunday, March 13, 2005

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Although their efforts haven't yielded much in the way of results, supporters of raising state excise taxes on alcoholic beverages are nothing if not persistent.

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