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Of the $29.7 billion in revenue dedicated to fund IDOT road projects under its current multi-year plan, about half comes from federal government reimbursements. For multimodal projects, about 40% of projected funds are set to come from the feds. But the early days of the new Trump administration have already upended at least one major transportation program – casting doubt on what other funding might disappear.
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
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.
Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
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Illinois counts on bloated government handouts for services taxpayers dollars should be used for. Roads, healthcare, education. Consequences are coming for not cutting pensions. Scale down the wish list immediately and stay within the budget. Just like the rest of us.
Appointing a park person to run IDOT tells me she’s unqualified for this job.
Even worse, she’s unelected! The voters did not weigh in on a parks person running IDOT, which means she’s also illegimate. Why, this is an Illinois Constitutional crisis! We need a judge to block her access to IDOT system so she doesn’t usurp the power of IDOT bureaucrats.
Lefties, did I cover everything? I’m new at this lawfare stuff.