“Even though some of Illinois neighboring states have more claims, Illinois will exhaust its trust more quickly than most,” said Jared Walczak, director of State Tax Policywith the Center for State Tax Policy at the Tax Foundation. “Illinois has enough to pay out about 11 weeks of benefits before borrowing.”
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.