The Effingham Cunty engineer said doubling the gas tax in 2019 created the first increase in road maintenance money from the state in about three decades; It was a 68% increase for counties and townships.On top of that, more than $1.2 million from Governor J.B. Pritzker’s Rebuild Illinois plan is now available to Effingham County.
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.