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Light shows at end of coal tax tunnel gains momentum
Southern Illinois legislators push tax bills to fund coal counties. Sen. Gene Johns saw his 30 cent per ton severance tax bill pass a key Senate panel. Rep. Ralph Dunn plans an amended 1 percent severance tax on coal sales to replace the existing 1 percent that funds municipalities, with counties to benefit. Co-sponsors include Hart Choate Birchler Richmond.
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Gary Sosniecki
Southern
Swanner
du Quoin Republican
Dunn
Richard O. Hart
Benton
Clyde Choate
D-Anna
Vincent Birchler
D-Chester
Bruce Richmond
Murphysboro
Johns
Marion
Reagan
Carbondale
Ford
Ing Brookport
New Liberty
Hamletsburg
Bay City
Rosebud
Homberg
Brownfield
Rossclare
Barkhausen
Gene Johns
Illinois
Alexander, Hardin, Johnson, Pope
Union