Illinois lawmakers approve $55.2B budget, tax hikes on sports betting and tobacco just before midnig

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Illinois lawmakers approved the $55.2 billion state budget and $1.1 billion tax package minutes before their midnight deadline Saturday night. Legislation to reform Chicago-area transit agencies and avoid a looming fiscal cliff by hiking delivery fees statewide passed out of the Senate, but stalled in the House.
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