The audit, published Tuesday by Inspector General Joseph Ferguson, encouraged city officials to set clear benchmarks and learn from past projects as officials start to implement Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s plan to spend $11.7 billion from 2021 to 2025 to repair Chicago’s crumbling streets, sidewalks, bridges and shoreline.
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.
It’s a slush fund, not an infrastructure plan