TIF districts have been dubbed the city’s “shadow budget,” collecting taxes from designated areas around the city that go into a special fund controlled by the mayor. Chicago currently has 121 designated TIF districts across the city. Forty-five of them are set to expire by the end of 2027.
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.