The Illinois unemployment rate continued its decline, falling to a surprising 4%, only four-tenths of a percentage point above the national level. Illinois tax revenues were relatively strong with both individual income and corporate tax receipts up in inflation-adjusted terms compared to the same month last year while sales tax receipts were down slightly in real terms.
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.