"We haven't laid out our proposed budget for 2026, but we have a very significant budget deficit. The press has widely reported that," Chicago CFO Jill Jaworski said. "Again, we haven't rolled out the full package yet, but the package is going to include cuts, and it is going to include proposals for increasing our revenues."
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.