"These applicants have had to acquire places of business, hire team members and all of this has come at a cost to applicants, and the state to this date still hasn't lived up to its end of the agreement and approved more licenses," state Rep. La ShawnFord said.
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.