The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed a $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill for the rest of fiscal 2023 that Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois touts as including money for numerous projects and spending priorities in the state, including some targeted to the Chicago area.
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.
How does he know this? It’s not like he read the thing.
More Biden Bailout Bucks to flush down the Illinois Democrat fiscal toilet
He counts on it not dawning on the public that they have to pay for it, and he’s mostly right.