Cannabis company asks Illinois Supreme Court to let state name craft grower license winners. Motion reveals financial toll applicants say they’ve endured. – Chicago Tribune*
Despite a state law requiring that 60 new craft licenses be issued Dec. 21, 2021, Cook County Judge Neil Cohen and Sangamon County Judge Gail Noll ordered that those licenses be held up while the lawsuits grind through the legal process. A hearing in the case is set for March 10, but the proceedings could take months or years.
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.