"The number of unemployment claims we have had over this last week is most comparable to about early October back in 2013," analyst Jill Gonzalez said. While Illinois is ranked 42nd in recovery since the start of the pandemic, WalletHub currently ranks the state ninth – and fourth in the midwest – in recovery over the last week.
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.