"Certainly economic and fiscal policy issues like high taxation, which Illinois has some of the highest taxes in the country," said Justin Carlson, of the Illinois Policy Institute. "Those things play a role in economic activity and getting jobs back and getting the economy back on track in the wake of a downturn."
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.