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04.02.2009 6:58 pm

UPDATE: Ill. Senate approves cigarette tax increase

Post-Dispatch Springfield bureau

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 vote of 30-26. …

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01.27.2009 2:40 pm

Friends of Webster Groves library raise more than $14,000

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A campaign committee promoting a tax increase of 13.5 cents for each $100 of assessed valuation for the Webster Groves library have raised $14,425 for their effort to pass the proposal in a special election next Tuesday. As of Jan.…

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