State Rep. Caulkins' attorneys motioned for Justices Elizabeth Rochford and Mary O'Brien to recuse themselves before the case was heard in May because of $1 million political donations they each received from Gov. JB Pritzker last year. The justices denied those motions. Rochford wrote the majority decision upholding the law Friday. O'Brien joined the dissent.
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.