August 3, 2016

Prosecutors: State lawmaker planned to profit from tax hike

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - As Tennessee lawmakers raised cigarette taxes to 62 cents per pack in 2007, one veteran representative wanted even more, saying it "should have been a dollar."

Prosecutors say that was part of Rep. Joe Armstrong's elaborate scheme not to raise revenue or curb smoking rates but ...

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