But in a report released this week, the Civic Federation warns that the governor’s $52.7 billion spending plan for the fiscal year starting in July is 4.5 percent higher than the current year’s operating budget, and that it’s balanced on “revenue enhancements” — moves that could undermine the recent progress.
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.