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Opening Arguments

Good eats

Yes, Illinois, thank you very much. We would love to have your Jimmy John's:

Illinois could be smelling less delicious in the near future thanks to the state's new tax regime. Jimmy John's founder and majority-owner Jimmy John Liautaud is packing his family's bags for Florida and he's thinking about moving his company headquarters out-of-state, too:

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Liautaud said Indiana was one attractive destination, citing the full-page ad taken out by Indianapolis in Illinois newspapers touting its “Midwestern work ethic and conveniences in a "much more stable, affordable and pro-growth economic environment." 

Losing the Champaign-based company would cost Illinois about 100 jobs and the business of another 190 monthly visitors. Surprisingly, the administration is not ready to apologize:

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