Illinois is one of 37 states to offer some type of production incentive, according to the report. “There are common challenges with measuring the economic values of this type of incentive,” said Austin Berg, of the Illinois Policy Institute. “What would the economic advantage be if you reduced the tax bill of all businesses by $200 million instead of just one industry?”
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.