Pritzker acknowledged the need to address the high burden of real estate taxes on Illinois residents, one of the state’s most vexing issues and one closely tied to education funding as local school districts make up the largest share of homeowners’ property tax bills. But Pritzker put the onus to deliver relief largely on local governments: “Local governments have the ability to do it right now — and should."
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.
He played cautious because he knew far in advance that 2.5 million straight ticket ballots would be harvested during election season.