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.
Making North America | The Cascadia Subduction Zone. Learn why an ancient earthquake that sunk a coastal rainforest into the tidal zone may portend a severe natural disaster in the Pacific Northwest today, in this video from NOVA: Making North America: Human. Underlying a âghost forestâ in Washington State is evidence of one of the worst seismic events in North America since human beings arrived here.