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Dollar-a-pack tax increase on cigarettes advances to Senate Dollar-a-pack tax increase on cigarettes advances to Senate

Dollar-a-pack tax increase on cigarettes advances to Senate

A pack of cigarettes will cost an extra dollar in Illinois if the Senate approves a bill passed Saturday by the House.

Buried on page 170 of an 800-page bill providing funds for vertical infrastructure projects is a usage tax increase on cigarettes and a new tax on e-cigarettes.

Georgia and Missouri lawmakers: Illinois provides 'fire and fuel' in fight against abortion restrictions Georgia and Missouri lawmakers: Illinois provides 'fire and fuel' in fight against abortion restrictions

Georgia and Missouri lawmakers: Illinois provides 'fire and fuel' in fight against abortion restrictions

Legislators from Georgia and Missouri, both states where the legislature recently enacted abortion restrictions, travelled to Illinois this week to advocate for an abortion repeal-and-replace bill that ultimately passed the House on Tuesday and the Senate on Friday night.

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