Since 2002, the state has spent nearly $100 million to acquire about 4,500 acres needed for the proposed airport. State legislators last year appropriated $162 million to build a new interchange at Interstate 57 and Eagle Lake Road and to extend utilities to the airport site.
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.