By the end of June, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule on Janus v. AFSCME Council 31, a case that indirectly takes up the future of public unions in Illinois. Will the court effectively clip the wings of labor power, or will it protect the unions’ financial clout? That question only begins to address the stakes.
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.