House Bill 58 would increase the state wholesale tax in cigarettes from the current three cents per cigarette for five and two-tenths cents. That would raise the state tax on a pack of cigarettes from the current 60 cents to $1.04.
The U.S. Small Business Administration, along with the U.S. Treasury Department, has re-opened the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) for new borrowers, as well as certain existing PPP borrowers.