Head researcher Chuck Casto said. “Eleven percent of the small businesses say they are planning layoffs as early as this month.” Almost half of those who stopped hiring said they were seeking workers earlier this year, but stopped because of high payroll expenses, recessionary fears and reduced revenues.
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.