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74% of Illinois Voters Favor $1 Tobacco Tax Increase to Help Cut State’s Budget Deficit
Tobacco tax would bring in $297.6 million in new revenue, reduce youth smoking SPRINGFIELD, Ill., April 15 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM/ — A new poll released today finds that 74 percent of Illinois voters support raising the tobacco tax by $1 per pack to cut the state’s budget deficit and reduce youth tobacco use. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080918/CFTFKLOGO ) This support comes from a broad-based coalition of voters, including 71 percent of Republicans, 81 percent of Democrats, and 68 percent of Independents.
Report: Family slayings suspect sorry he ran out of bullets
The man’s mother remains in critical condition, on a ventilator, at Advocate Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn. Those who know him, say he’d been acting increasingly bizarrely in recent days.
Paint and auto supply business to close after 90 years
Artists, photographers and antique collectors are as likely as automobile buffs to show up in the waning days of business at SMW Paint and Auto Supply. Hand-written deeds from the 1800s and 1939 Packard automobile parts will do that.
Streamwood teen’s long road to recovery
The basketball hoop hangs low and lonely over the driveway of the new home of 18-year-old Jess Outlaw. Since Sept.
Drowning in Alzheimer’s: Minorities struggle
(CNN) — Francisca Terrazas could not be left alone. She burned her foot pouring boiling water over an ant hill in her driveway.
Itasca business woman honored for her civic contributions
In some ways, strength and determination flow in Patty Szerlong’s blood. The Itasca woman said she comes from a long line of amazing women, including an ancestor who survived the Chicago Fire by floating with her daughter in the Chicago River.
Body found in Des Plaines River identified as missing woman
WHEELING (STMW) — The body of a woman pulled from the Des Plaines River on Sunday afternoon has been identified by family members as a missing northwest suburban woman and suicide suspected in her drowning death. The body of 32-year-old Sangitagen Patel of Main Township was recovered Sunday afternoon by Cook County Forest Preserve police in Allison Woods Forest Preserve in unincorporated Wheeling Township, according to a Cook County Sheriff’s office release.
‘Speed-dating’ doctors woo patients
New in town, Brandy Preston reasoned that it was only lunch. She liked the fact that there were no strings attached. If she didn’t like the person, she could just…
For Brady to have a chance against Quinn, he needs Chicago face time
During his first run for governor in 2006, Republican state Sen. Bill Brady told the Daily Herald his favorite song was Neil Diamond’s “I Am…
Students Read, Believe Achieve at Neuqua Valley
The halls of Neuqua Valley’s Gold Campus recently were filled with the voices of Langston Hughes, Maya Angelou, August Wilson and others. Hundreds of Neuqua Valley students wrapped up Black History Month by participating in the National African-American Read-In 2010, a celebration of the poetry, prose and lyrics of African-American writers.