The Emergency Supplemental Victims Fund is expected to provide about $6.4 million over the next two years, funded with federal COVID-19 relief money. Mayor Brandon Johnson said the communities where financial assistance is available for shooting victims and their families were chosen not only because they face high levels of violent crime, but have seen historical disinvestment and school closings.
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.