Illinois Liquor Tax. The Illinois excise tax on liquor is $8.55 per gallon, higher then 72% of the other 50 states. Illinois' excise tax on Spirits is ranked #14 out of the 50 states. Illinois state taxes on hard alcohol vary based on alcohol content, place of production, size of container, and place purchased.
A joint Japanese-Canadian team dropped instruments offshore of Vancouver Island. A separate team led by Toomey at the University of Oregon is in its fourth year of deployments. Named the Cascadia Initiative, it is rotating among subduction zone segments offshore of Washington, Oregon and Northern California.
If the Cascadia were to experience a large-magnitude earthquake, the temblor and resulting tsunami could kill more than 11,000 people and injure more than 26,000, according to one FEMA model. The fault line called the Cascadia subduction zone lies in coastal waters spanning 700 miles.