The bill calls for raising the bond limit of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, commonly called McPier, by roughly $600 million, to $3.45 billion. The authority runs McCormick Place.
The expansion would be paid for, in part, by imposing a fee on ride-hailing trips.
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.