Cook County Commissioner Larry Suffredin estimated, based on his conversations with property-owning residents and businesses, the default rate on the tax bills due to be sent this summer will be 30%. He said Cook County typically allows for a 3% default rate when it computes the tax rates needed to raise necessary revenue for local governments.
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.