Bill Dwyer, former newspaper reporter, doesn’t spare words when it comes to Emanuel "Chris" Welch, the new Illinois House speaker.
“He’s the worst of the worst when it comes to crony politics,” says Dwyer, who lives in the Chicago area.
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.