Approximately 2,200 employees are currently based at the Thompson Center, with an additional 1,300 working in other leased facilities. According to a news release, the state currently leases office space in seven different locations around downtown Chicago at a cost of $21.3 million in base rent and operating costs.
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.
And we’re did they get the money for this move, oh that’s right they stole it from the gas tax.