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 arc formed by the subduction of the Gorda and Juan de Fuca plates at the Cascadia subduction zone. This is a 680 mi (1,090 km) long fault, running 50 mi (80 km) off the west-coast of the Pacific Northwest from northern California to Vancouver Island, British Columbia.