“Restaurants that have liquor licenses that ultimately couldn't use those liquor licenses because they were closed, shouldn’t be charged the full fee for the year because if you can’t use a license, you shouldn’t be charged for it,” said Mike Whatley, of the National Restaurant Association.
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.