“This is embarrassing,” State Rep. Ryan Spain said. “For too long we have allowed the poor ethical behavior of people like Mike Madigan, his associates and others to become the way we do business in the state of Illinois, and unfortunately, the Madigan way is still the way in which our government works here in Springfield.”
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.