A bipartisan coalition of 10 Illinois mayors, including Aurora, Champaign, Springfield, Joliet and Waukegan, sent a letter to members of the state’s congressional delegation asking them to “fight for flexible direct funding for municipalities to help limit the crippling economic damage to our cities.” Aurora will face a $30 million budget deficit if the city is not allowed to reopen its economy by early June, Mayor Richard Irvin said.
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.
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