Matt Paprocki, of the Illinois Policy Institute: "Lawmakers didn't use the federal windfall to close the deficit in the state unemployment insurance trust fund or repay the federal loan used to prop up the fund during the pandemic. Now job creators and small businesses must do so, and they are facing job-killing state and federal payroll hikes.
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.
Illinois is DOA