Many city leaders have called for a special meeting to reject the proposed increase to make room for alternative solutions to close a nearly $1 billion projected deficit. One of those solutions, Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez said, is to contribute less to the city's advance pension fund.
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.