The process of picking Chicago’s third inspector general since 2005 is designed to be an independent process free of political pressure from members of the City Council. However, Ald. Byron Sigcho Lopez is concerned, especially after Lightfoot told reporters the city’s next inspector general should be someone who “understands the importance of staying in their lane.”
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.