Halfway into 2024, ISP data showed a 36 percent reduction in total shootings compared to the same period in 2023. This year's decline builds on a 65 percent decrease in shootings since 2021, when expressway violence reached an all-time high.
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.