Illinois Residents Pay $8.55 Per Gallon In Taxes On Distilled Spirits
Illinois was 15th highest among the 50 states, the Tax Foundation study found.
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More than $300 million in legal weed sold in Illinois so far this year
For July, there were more than 1.2 million cannabis items sold worth $44.7 million for in-state residents and $16.2 million sold to out-of-state residents.
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Sweden’s Actual COVID-19 Results Compared to What Modelers Predicted in April
Sweden’s top epidemiologist Anders Tegnell says a massive decline in COVID-19 cases shows “the Swedish strategy is working.” Is he right?
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TV Station Tests Out Voting By Mail. It Does Not Go Well.
These results would be pivotal.
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Milwaukee police chief looks to National Guard for DNC security
Police departments across the state are not comfortable sending their officers to Milwaukee after city leaders there banned the use of tear gas and pepper spray.
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GAO: Through CARES Act, Treasury Department sent nearly $1.4 billion to dead people
People filing for unemployment insurance benefits may have also been receiving funding through the Paycheck Protection Program.
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Illinois Facebook users could split $650 million in massive privacy settlement
Biometric information can include data from facial, fingerprint and iris scans.
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Temporary NYC $52 Million Coronavirus Hospital Admitted Only 79 Patients
“I basically got paid $2,000 a day to sit on my phone and look at Facebook,” Katie Capano, a nurse practitioner at the facility told the Examiner.
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Why The Mainstream Media Is Failing
Will people be able to escape the media bubble?
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Op-Ed: New Jersey’s all-mail vote debacle is a warning for November
An early test of the vote-by-mail model .
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Op-Ed: With feds circling Madigan, Illinoisans will vote on his power
Madigan has held the speaker’s gavel for 35 of the last 37 years. No legislative leader in American history has held power for longer.
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Congressional Leaders Receive At Least $1 Million In Pension Payouts Paid For By Taxpayers
The collective wealth of members of the 115th Congress was at least $2.43 billion, with 43 members who were millionaires, U.S. Sen. Mike Braun said.
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Why Sweden Succeeded in “Flattening the Curve” and New York Failed
The reason New York failed to “flatten the curve” and Sweden succeeded probably has little to do with lockdowns.
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Another Deadly Cost of COVID-19 Lockdowns: “A Hidden Epidemic” of Drug Overdoses
The Washington Post recently reported that public health officials have witnessed alarming spikes in drug overdoses—”a hidden epidemic within the coronavirus pandemic”—because of continued isolation due to the coronavirus.
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SAY WHAT? Black Rage, White Guilt, Mob Rule
Do black people seeking racial justice really welcome the help of white miscreants?
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