The Illinois COVID-19 Response Fund, organized by Gov. J.B. Pritzker three weeks ago and chaired by his sister, Penny Pritzker, has collected just under $29 million and will make another disbursement in the coming days. More than 30 nonprofit agencies across the state received funds in this first wave.
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.