Jim Dey: "The Dec. 9 death of state Sen. Scott Bennett did more than rob his constituents of a dedicated public servant and his family of a devoted father and husband. It also left two vacancies in Sen. Bennett’s 52nd state Senate district — one for his current term and the other for the two-year term to which he was re-elected Nov. 8."
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.