“That’s huge — worse than all but one quarter during the Great Recession 12 years ago. It means state and local revenue sources of all types will get slammed, and pensions, already a crisis in Illinois, are seeing the value of their assets shrink rapidly,” writes Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon.
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.