Sheila Weinberg of Truth in Accounting said that due to debts in the state's pension systems, Illinois does not have $2 billion in rainy day funds. "I think the rainy day fund is a misnomer," she said. "It is like saying, 'Hey, look it, I have $1,000 in my savings account, but I ignored my credit card debt."
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.