Ald. Gilbert Villegas said the Springfield legislative agenda “is exactly what we should have been focused on last year as well,” when Johnson was pushing for state lawmakers to approve billions in subsidies for a new Bears stadium. “They don’t need the mayor to be another lobbyist for the Bears,” Villegas 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.