Illinois lawmakers face mixed results after Springfield session
Legislative winners and losers include older workers gaining early retirement options and up to five years of age and service purchase to boost pensions, while real estate, school construction, and casino tax measures reshape revenues. A push to triple the transfer tax failed. bans on cell phones in class relaxed. amish horse buggy registrations imposed. BYO clubs face tighter rules. prisons’ fate debated. smoking tax rises to 98 cents a pack while cross-border sales threaten gas stations and stores.
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Cigarette Tax Increase Hits Southern Illinois Border Towns
The Illinois tax hike aims to close a 1.35 billion deficit but raises a pack price by about 4.60 and a carton to roughly 42, provoking store managers in Metropolis and other border towns to warn of reduced cigarette sales. Senator Larry Woolard says the move harms border economies and state tax revenue.
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Inaccurate caption in Fitting Tribute story
Jackson County readers notify accuracy hotline about a photo caption error stating Jerry Bramlet died in his sleep at home on May 19, 2001, correcting the record for Saturday Page 1A. The newspaper acknowledged the mistake.
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MOUNDS Builds a Little League Dream for Town Youth
MOUNDS Kansas community groups and churches signed up over 200 children ages 3 to 18 for a new ballpark project funded by the Southernmost Finois Delta Empowerment Zone with a $55 000 grant from the U S Department of Agriculture. The park opened June 8 drawing hundreds as Wyatt Isom watched his first Little League game and the town celebrated with lights over the field and a cheering crowd.
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