One provision of the revised ordinance creates a $3 million Property Tax Debt Relief Grant Pilot Program for low- and moderate-income homeowners in South Shore, Englewood and the Lower West Side who are at risk of losing their homes due to delinquent tax bills. Grants of up to $5,000 would be paid directly to Cook County to cover back taxes.
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.