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Tax to fund DWI enforcment
By LORELLE BABWAH | November 16Members of a state task force investigating DWI crimes might recommend a 5-cent sales tax increase on beer. The revenue from the increased tax would go toward more patrol officers, investigators and trainers to combat drunken driving. The state's tax of 5 cents per can or bottle has not changed since 1969. The benefits of the increase were explained to the task force by Philip Cook, professor of economics and sociology at Duke University.
