While Mayor Brandon Johnson dubbed it a “mansion tax,” the reality is $1-million-plus commercial properties sell far more often than residential properties: 9 to 1 from April 2021 to April 2022. Johnson’s plan has also been criticized for failing to detail how the money will be used to impact homelessness.
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.