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Rhode Island is among the states whose budgets may be affected by fallout from the 1998 settlement between 46 states and the major US tobacco companies.
 
The companies may be allowed to withhold about one-fifth of the health care payments they are scheduled to remit to the states in April because of falling market share compared to companies who are not part of this settlement.
 

Decision on tobacco funds clouds budget

Providence Journal - 3/29/2006 1:21 AM

A new twist has been thrown into an already difficult budget year, potentially leaving state leaders scrambling to find an additional $49 million. The shortfall would be in addition to the multimillion deficit Gove
 
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