"Per state law, any TIF 'surplus' must be distributed proportionally to local governments. ... (Mayor Brandon) Johnson is pushing the higher, $1 billion sweep so CPS can then turn around and make a $175 million pension payment back to the city. This is exemplary of the shell games at play with TIF, which ultimately moves money in circles, obscuring who is taxing whom—and why."
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.