Each gallon of gas includes the 39.2-cent state gas tax as well as a little more than 18 cents for the federal motor fuel tax. Cook County adds 6 cents per gallon and Chicago adds 8 cents. Everyone is charged just more than a penny for the underground fuel storage tank clean-up fee.
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.