Before the City Council feud, Lightfoot mayor introduced a pandemic relief package for businesses and consumers. Alderman Raymond Lopez sent the measure to the Rules Committee, where ordinances are often sent to die. “Alderman Lopez may not care about the urgency of helping our small businesses and moving things forward,” Lightfoot said. “But the rest of us do and we will.”
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.