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Indiana smoke shops prepare for sales rush - 2004-02-07
A proposed major increase in the Cook County cigarette tax has Indiana smoke shop owners anxiously hoping that more customers will go across the border to buy their smokes.

Ben Mena, owner of Cigarette Express in Hammond, stated that lots of Illinois locals pour into Hammond on a daily basis to gamble at the city's Horseshoe Casino, and that hasn't produced a need for more smoke shops.
Read the full story at Journal Gazette and Times Courier

State of the State speech ruffles tribe's feathers - 2004-02-07
Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s remarks about gambling during Thursday’s State of the State address have touched off a flurry of responses statewide -- in particular, in regions like Red Wing, where tribal gaming is a thriving industry.

Pawlenty Thursday insinuated that he wants to reopen deals with the state’s tribes with the intention of dividing up casino profits with the state.
Agreements with tribes are intended to be permanent and restrict gambling expansion.
Read the full story at Red Wing Republican Eagle