According to a 2021 year-end report, the Kinzie TIF corridor has a balance of about $271 million, which is set to expire at the end of this year unless extended by the city. A portion of Illinois law says TIF can be used to combat issues that are a “serious menace to the health safety, morals and general welfare of the people."
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.