A Chicago Suburb Wants To Give Reparations To Black Residents. Its Funding Source? A Tax On Marijuana.

By Teo Armus, Washington Post U.S.
Mon, 12/02/2019 - 5:25am

Officials in Evanston, Ill., are still hashing out details of the plan.

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A Chicago suburb wants to give reparations to black residents. Its funding source? A tax on marijuana.
As Illinois prepares to legalize recreational marijuana, the Chicago suburb has voted to tax the sale of cannabis — expected to generate hundreds of thousands of dollars each year — to fund race-based ...
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A Chicago Suburb Wants To Give Reparations To Black Residents. Its Funding Source? A Tax On Marijuana.

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