Scarcnet News Summaries (Advocacy Institute)
Georgia's Tobacco Settlement May Help Rural Economies
Date: 20 Aug 1999
Length: pages
Length: pages
Abstract
The state Advisory Committee on Rural Development sees the $4.8 billion tobacco settlement as a way to bolster Georgia's stagnant economy. Governor Roy Barnes said that one-third of the settlement money should help rural counties economically hurt by a decline in the tobacco industry, while the other two-thirds should pay for health care programs.
Source: Alan Judd, "Tobacco Settlement May Fund State Panel's Attempts To Bolster Economy," ATLANTA JOURNAL AND CONSTITUTION, August 19, 1999.