"Until the Biden administration decides to address inflation with something other than a shoulder shrug, expect high inflation to stick around. Until then, know that our flat state income tax has inflation indexing already built-in. Small consolation in the grocery check-out line, but consolation nonetheless."
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.