The prepared testimony below was delivered by ITEP Senior Analyst Brakeyshia Samms to the Illinois Committee on Housing and Community on January 20, 2026.

Automation has reshaped work over the past few decades, bringing notable improvements in speed, scale, and efficiency across industries. Consequently, machines and software took over repetitive tasks, ...

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