The 19-0 vote drew applause from an overflow crowd in the open air at the 9th Street Beach on Lake Shelbyville. The County Board also voted 12-7 to place a resolution on the November ballot that asks residents whether Chicago should be a separate state from the rest of Illinois.
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.