Region 3 includes Lincoln on the east edge, Springfield, Jacksonville and west to Quincy. “Today, we’re having it come home to roost where we’re going to get businesses in our districts to shut down because the governor has refused to put the same weight on the economic damage of COVID that he’s doing on the health side of COVID,” said Rep. Tim Butler, who is quarantining in his basement after testing positive for COVID-19 last weekend.
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.