The case has ties to several others that rocked the suburbs in recent years, including a case against the late Cook County Commissioner Jeff Tobolski and Illinois Sen. Emil Jones III.Tobolski died last month while preparing to serve a four-year prison sentence. Jones’ trial in April ended with a hung jury. He’s due to face a jury again in January.
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.