Jim Dey: "The subtext of the political ugliness relates to the upcoming 2022 gubernatorial election in which Democrat Pritzker should be the prohibitive favorite in this solid Democratic state. But with the state’s financial and political dysfunction on wide display and Chicago turning into a free-fire zone, Pritzker is taking nothing for granted."
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.