"The tourism industry in Springfield and Sangamon County produced $563 million last year in tourism revenue," said Visit Springfield Marketing Manager Amy Beadle. "Right now we're piecing up 5 percent in total overall hotel revenue, at the end of May this year over last year. And last year, we were up about 33 percent over the previous year."
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.