“This is the part where COVID-19 is going to be with us for a while, and it’s at this point where states like Illinois that have refused to maintain any level of fiscal sobriety for decades are caught flat-footed,” said Sen. Chapin Rose, a Republican from Mahomet. Residents would be unable to afford a 30 percent hike in property taxes, he cited as an example, to compensate for lost revenues.
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.