The state has been working on the bill for nearly two years but it has been delayed on concerns of Governor J.B. Pritzker, some lawmakers and environmentalists that coal plants would not be phased out quickly or allowed to keep running with unproven carbon-capture equipment. Public and political anger toward Exelon's Commonwealth Edison unit also delayed action.
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.