State Rep. Tom Demmer criticized Democrats on the House floor, claiming they were using a pandemic tool for partisan purposes. “Only today, when we're in Phase Five and at the end stage of the pandemic, are we making this change to allow remote participation simply because of a significant budget error that has to be corrected today."
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.