State Rep. C.D. Davidsmeyer said he expects the state budget to, once again, be filed “at the last minute” and quickly pushed through by the supermajority party, a customary process in recent years. Meanwhile other major, wide-ranging initiatives were filed in a similar last-minute fashion, including an exapansive cannabis regulatory bill, a broad elections bill and an ethics proposal prohibiting political donations from red light camera companies.
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.