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When the project was approved in 2018, projections placed public infrastructure costs at roughly $350 million, split between the state of Illinois and the city of Chicago. Eight years later, the Illinois Department of Transportation says approximately $229 million in infrastructure spending was tied to the site, up from its earlier estimate of roughly $174 million. And Chicago officials have failed to produce a reconciled total.
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
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.
Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
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They came in under budget and are ashamed to brag about it?
Look to the left column of Wirepoints today for a close up picture of the Obama Center
$50M here, $50M there…no one at the State house has thought about this since it was proposed and approved 8 years ago. This abomination of a building and reckless use of precious public funds with no oversight or controls…should be a crime.
Common sense would suggest halting work.
POS is sucking the city and state dry . He doesn’t live here anymore and giving him all the taxpayers money 💰 is ridiculous
Obama’s currency has lost its value; there’s little chance he’ll be able to fund the required endowment.
His fund, said to require 470 M by some estimates, has a paltry 1M in it as of now by the same source. Guess who gets to make up the difference? Look in the mirror for your answer.