State Rep. Steve Reick argued the issue reflects spending priorities at the state level, pointing to recent budget growth. “We’re running a $50-plus billion state budget,” he said. “We spent about a billion dollars to insure illegal immigrants. That’s a billion dollars that could have gone to local governments to ease their suffering.”
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.
Could have funded the CTA instead of sticking it to all the people who don’t use it.
Who else hasn’t raised their rates since 2018?