Illinois - lawmakers reject a $1 cigarette tax hike..

January 12, 2011 - Illinois lawmakers narrowly approved an income tax increase to ease the state’s fiscal crisis and $3.7 billion of bonding to cover pension payments, but rejected other key pieces of a fiscal bailout plan including a $1 cigarette tax hike and an $8.75 billion borrowing to pay off mounting bills.

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Reference: Illinois Lawmakers Approve Income Tax Increase and Pension Bonds by Yvette Shields, The Bond Buyer, 1/12/2011.