In August 2019, the rates were at 74%, in 2020 it dropped to 40% but just this year it went back up to nearly 61%. “You can’t make up for years of loss of revenue from 2020. Hotels are still struggling, they still have a lot of money from mortgages and property taxes," said Michael Jacobson, president of the Illinois Hotel and Lodging Association.
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.