"While there are plenty of reasons to debate or oppose Trump‑era policies, no federal initiative from his administration created Illinois’ pension crisis, its sky‑high tax burden, its chronic outmigration, or its culture of late reporting and mismanagement; those are homegrown failures produced by progressive lawmakers and the agenda they have imposed on the state."
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.