The "Hellholes" report cited Illinois court statistics showing that as recently as 2022, 54,544 lawsuits demanding more than $50,000 in damages were filed in Cook County Circuit Court. That accounted for 91 percent of all such lawsuits filed in all of Illinois' 102 counties. The report noted that Cook County accounts for 40 percent of the state's population.
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.