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___ S&P 500, Nasdaq and Russell 2000 close at record highs NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street ended a week of milestones with a few more Friday.

Tobacco-funded group starts Montana anti-initiative ad blitz

A group funded by the tobacco industry has launched a massive ad blitz against a ballot initiative to fund Montana's Medicaid expansion program and other health programs by raising the cigarette tax by $2 per pack and taxing vaping products for the first time.

The Latest: High-tax states decry new tax rules

The Latest on the Trump administration laying down rules aimed at preventing residents in high-tax states from avoiding a new cap on widely popular state and local tax deductions.