On Dec. 12, Emanuel has promised to lay out “options” to slay or, at the very least shrink, the elephant: a looming, $1 billion spike in pension payments.
Asked to preview that pension plan, the mayor would only say there would be “a lot of different parts” and that it would be remembered for its “honesty with the public.”
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.