Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told Democratic lawmakers Wednesday that Fed and Treasury officials would soon unveil a program to backstop financing for states. The devil will be in the details, and those designs—along with other announced plans for lending to small and midsize businesses—could be unveiled as soon as Thursday, according to people familiar with the matter.
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.