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For decades, major energy initiatives in Illinois have run through two gatekeepers—House Speaker Michael Madigan and Commonwealth Edison. Springfield is preparing to test whether it can fundamentally alter the state’s energy future with those two political powerhouses sidelined.

That’s according to Kinsa Health, a company that collects about 40,000 temperature readings a day via its smart thermometers. As noted recently by the New York Times, the company can track the flu faster than the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

To be precise, 9.14 percent of Illinoisans have flu-like symptoms.

“[B]eyond reform that can be scratched on paper, changing the culture of business as usual in Springfield and at City Hall requires a revolt. It requires voters to prioritize ethics reform at the ballot box, and it requires political leadership willing to light a blowtorch. If that revolt doesn’t start with party leaders, don’t even dream of change. It’s got to come from the top and from the inside.”