Illinois Gas Tax

GOP Wants Gambling, Not Tax Hike, To Fund Construction Program

The Pantagraph | Kurt Erickson | Posted 04.12.2009 | Chicago

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Illinois Republicans sounded a familiar tune Wednesday, saying they want to pay for a statewide construction plan by expanding gambling. (via Capitol...

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Senate President: Gas Tax Increase Could Fund Infrastructure Program

AP | CHRISTOPHER WILLS | Posted 03.14.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Illinois Capital Bill, Illinois Gas Tax, Gas Prices, Illinois Gas Tax Increase, John Cullerton, Cullerton Gas Tax, Chicago News

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- New Senate President John Cullerton says Illinois lawmakers should forget about adding casinos to pay for a statewide constr...

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State Lawmaker: Raise Gas Tax Eight Cents Per Gallon

The Pantagraph | Mike Riopell | Posted 01.30.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Gas Prices, Illinois Gas Tax Increase, John Bradley, Gas Tax, Gas Tax Increase, Illinois Gas Tax, John Bradley Gas Tax, Chicago News

SPRINGFIELD -- A southern Illinois lawmaker wants motorists to pay eight cents more for every gallon of gasoline they buy to help pay for a state road...

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Time For Illinois To Up The Gas Tax?

Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz | Posted 01.03.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Gas Prices, Illinois Gasoline Tax Raise, Gas Tax, President Obama, Gas Tax Hike, Illinois Gas Tax Hike, Illinois Gas Tax, Barack Obama, Illinois Department of Transportation, Chicago News

Few politicians are heroes when it comes to taking a hard vote to raise taxes. Courage is particularly short now, with the economy staggering and many...

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Study: Obama-Backed Illinois Gas Tax Holiday Actually Worked

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.14.2008 | Politics

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George Frost writes in Salon: While an Illinois state senator, Obama supported a state tax holiday very much like Clinton's proposal, but without the...

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