With a growing burden of state regulations and taxes, Illinois’ tone towards small businesses has changed over the 51 years Midwest Groundcovers has been in Illinois, owner Peter Orum said. “Illinois used to be a good place to do business. We have a bunch of rules, like other states, but we could still get by...It seems like now there’s something new every week."
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.