“These funds will be used for 22 port, rail and highway projects in Illinois to address bottlenecks, increase mobility and improve the supply chain up and down the state,” Gov. JB Pritzker said. IDOT officials said every year, 1.6 billion tons valued at $2.5 trillion of freight flows in and out of the state, making Illinois one of the top states for freight activity.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.