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Mich. opposes tribe-owned gas station in UP

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MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Rick Snyder’s administration is urging the federal government to reject a gas station proposed by an American Indian tribe in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula because of a tax advantage over competitors.

The gas station in Marquette Township, near Marquette, could be free of certain state taxes because it would be owned by the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community. The tribe could sell gas at a lower price.

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