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Maine becomes fourth state to raise tobacco smoking age to 21

AUGUSTA, Maine (UPI) -- Maine will become the fourth state to raise the tobacco smoking age to 21, after lawmakers voted to override the governor's veto that would have kept the age at 18. Gov. Paul R. LePage derided the bill as "social engineering" and argued that if 18-year-old people are old enough to join the military, they should be allowed to smoke. "I'm not going to strap a gun to their shoulder and go fight a war if they can't […]

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SIU looks to raise $75 million to help students find success

The Southern Illinois University (SIU) Foundation is almost halfway to collecting its fundraising goal of $ 75 million to help provide scholarships and other benefits to its Carbondale students, SIU announced recently. The campaign, "Forever SIU: The Campaign for Students,” kicked off in January and will continue through the end of 2019. Its goal is to bring i $ 75 million, at least $ 48 million of which will go toward efforts to retain students. As of May 8, the […]

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