The Chicago Purchasing Managers Index, a popular tipoff for business’ buying habits, has been strongly bullish but with a caveat. “Firms say the available supply of raw materials and workers isn’t sufficient to keep up with new orders,” said the Institute for Supply Management-Chicago, which conducts the monthly survey.
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.