According to the municipal audits, an average of 54.6% of annual operating expenses are being held in reserve among the 84 suburbs, which is the equivalent of nearly $1.3 billion combined. Said Ralph Martire of the Center for Tax and Budget Accountability. “Voters have the right to know why you are taxing at a level more than is needed to maintain current operations.”
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.