Meeker

Prop EE “only viable hope” for rural education funding

MEEKER I Revenue from a proposed tax on nicotine products on the November ballot would be dedicated to health and education programs if it passes.

“That’s really the only viable hope right now I see for rural funding in the next few years,” Meeker Superintendent Chris Selle told the Meeker School Board Monday.

Proposition EE would incrementally increase cigarette and tobacco product taxes, and create a new tax on e-cigarettes. Colorado’s tax rate on nicotine products ranks…