Muni market participants from investors to ratings agencies are watching closely to see how the new administration tackles the city's biggest pressures, from underfunded pensions to crime, and whether Johnson will continue former Mayor Lori Lightfoot's path toward structural balance that was rewarded with a series of rating upgrades.
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.