Because of permanent tax and fee hikes, the average Illinois family has paid an extra $2,721 since Gov. JB Pritzker took office. To fight rising inflation, Pritzker passed one-year temporary relief saving families $556, so they’re really losing $2,165 in net tax hikes.
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.
In other news “Water continues to be wet.”