Each one of the emerging contenders is taking a slightly different approach to getting ready for a 2024 run. Vice President Kamala Harris has been quietly feeling out wealthy donors, while Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois has been seen in important political states such as Florida and New Hampshire. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is blanketing the country and the airwaves.
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.