To help pay for road and bridge repairs across the state, the General Assembly last year raised the license plate fee for all sizes of trailers by $100. That translated to only a 6.7% increase for the largest class of trailers, up from $1,502 to $1,602; it was a massive 555% increase for the smallest class of trailers, from $18 to 118.
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.