Republican Deputy Senate Leader Sue Rezin said despite questions about migrants and health benefits, the issue at hand is getting a balanced budget. She said there are other line items that need funding, including dollars towards universities. “Coming out of the pandemic, we owe the developmentally disabled a half a billion dollars from Medicaid payments that have not been paid at a timely manner."
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.