"Chicago’s property-tax system does not reward stagnation. When commercial property values decline — as they have downtown and elsewhere — the total levy does not shrink. The burden shifts. Homeowners and renters pay more. The absence of business investment does not freeze taxes; it concentrates them."
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.