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.
The denser oceanic plate is subducting beneath the less dense continental plate offshore of British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and northern California. The North American Plate is moving in a southwest direction, overriding the oceanic plate. The Cascadia subduction zone is where the two plates meet. Tectonic processes active in the Cascadia subduction zone region include accretion, subduction, deep earthquakes, and active volcanism of the Cascades.