Taxes

No second take from appeals court in 'Hollywood South' case

A federal appeals court in New Orleans is refusing to reconsider a decision that could mean prison time for a movie producer and an attorney convicted of fraud involving Louisiana's "Hollywood South" film tax credit program.

Industry groups spending millions fighting Montana measures

Industry-funded opponents of Montana citizen's initiatives to raise the state's tobacco tax and add new mining regulations are vastly outspending the measures' supporters to put their messages in front of voters about a month before Election Day, according to campaign finance reports.