"Spending more money than expected revenue is a chronic condition that recurs every year. It is not cyclical, where a deficit arises in a bad year and is offset by a surplus in a good year. It is not extraordinary due to some immediate unexpected exogenous event, like a pandemic, civil unrest, or a financial crisis."
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.