“As Gov. Pritzker and Mayor Johnson push this project through, they are continuing to make the people of Chicago complicit in war crimes across the globe. Do Illinois politicians want this escalation in Big Tech militarism to be their legacy? More importantly, are we as Chicago residents at ease with the unprecedented horrors of quantum and AI warfare coming out of our own backyards?”

Phil Melin, executive director of Illinois Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse, pointed to two issues with the legislation. “It adds a new surcharge on successful, profitable workers’ compensation insurance companies, and then it adds new restrictions on potential liability on employers,” Melin told The Center Square.

Last year, House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch convened working groups on property taxes and pensions. Not much actually changed. Welch’s most recent iteration is a new “culture and accountability” working group. And the wheels are already falling off.

“I’m not advocating here for reducing the term limits to six years or whatever. But what I am saying is that Illinois government will not crash and burn if Welch and Harmon don’t serve their full five two-year General Assemblies as their chambers’ leaders.”