SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Illinois state Rep. Karen Yarbrough, D-Chicago, says she plans to reintroduce a $1 tax on cigarettes this legislative session.
The proposal adds 50 cents to the price of each pack during the next two years. A report…
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Illinois Senate just approved a plan to raise the state tax on cigarettes by $1 per pack that the chamber rejected one hour ago.
The measure, Senate Bill 44, was recalled after failing and ultimately passed by a…
Post-Dispatch Springfield bureau
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – A proposed $1 per pack cigarette tax increase would be spread out over two years under a measure approved by an Illinois Senate panel today.
The tax, which has been discussed all year, would help alleviate the state’s…
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