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Illinois Making More Public Data Available Online

The Associated Press — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 14:51:12 +0000

The Illinois state government is seeking to make more local and state data available online and is challenging entrepreneurs to create applications with the information that will serve the public.

Gov. Pat Quinn announced the Illinois Open Technology Challenge on Saturday and said it would start on a pilot basis in four communities around the state: Belleville, Champaign, Rockford and Chicago's south suburbs.

The governor said the project would increase transparency at the local level and create jobs.

What do dry-cleaning and online dating have in common?

The Associated Press and Kelsey Proud — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 18:08:37 +0000

Both were subjects of new laws signed by Ill. Gov. Pat Quinn today.

Ill. wants to start online lotto sales as soon as possible

Illinois Public Radio and The Associated Press — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 21:00:41 +0000

Reporting from Amanda Vinicky in Springfield was used in this report.

Illinois officials are hoping to start online sales for the Illinois Lottery early next year.

The U.S. Department of Justice made public on Friday a legal opinion that supports state-regulated online gambling, such as lotteries. Illinois was one of the states to ask for legal clarification on whether the Wire Act applies to online sales of lotto tickets.

Amazon, Overstock cut ties with Illinois affiliates

The Associated Press and Kelsey Proud — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 20:06:06 +0000

Updated 2:12 p.m. March 11, 2011 to include Overstock.com information.

Amazon.com has made good on its threat to cut ties with Illinois affiliates because of a new law requiring the online store to collect sales taxes.

Amazon notified its Illinois partners Friday that it will stop doing business with them on April 15. It calls the tax law "unconstitutional and counterproductive.

Quinn signs law to collect online sales tax

The Associated Press — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 21:13:08 +0000

Illinois consumers may find themselves paying sales taxes on some Internet purchases under a new state law.

The law says sales taxes must be charged when people buy from online retailers through an Illinois-based partner. For instance, an Illinois business might sell products through Amazon.com.

Online businesses generally don't charge state sales taxes. Illinois customers are supposed to pay it directly to the state, but they rarely do.