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Ill. asks court to hold up ruling on construction

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[January 29, 2011]  SPRINGFIELD (AP) -- Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has asked the Supreme Court to hold up enforcement of an appellate ruling that would gut a $31 billion statewide construction program.

InsuranceMadigan's office filed a motion to stay the judgment while the state prepares an appeal it plans to file by Feb. 14.

An appellate court ruled this week that the law raising taxes on liquor and candy and allowing video gambling is unconstitutional. Justices decreed it violates a rule against bills covering more than a single subject.

Madigan's request tells the Supreme Court the state plans to argue that the single subject is the capital construction plan -- not state revenue, the issue the appellate court reviewed.

She says that without a stay, the ruling would "wreak havoc on critical state operations and finances."

[Associated Press]

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