"For leasing office space at a shopping plaza, the state owes Leman almost $36,000. The cause? A bizarre and frustrating ripple effect from the Illinois budget impasse, which ended almost three years ago...But then COVID-19 reared its ugly head. As the office got cleared of employees as a coronavirus precaution, CMS postponed its compliance check, meaning all payments continue to be on hold."
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.