“Unless there’s a surprisingly large federal stimulus bill or state lawmakers very quickly come up with another solution to raise a lot of new revenue, Illinois is likely to suffer a downgrade from at least one of the rating agencies in the next several months,” said Adam Stern, co-head of research at Breckinridge Capital Advisors.
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.