A state appeals panel has determined the city of Chicago doesn’t have to pay refunds for red light camera tickets despite an earlier finding it didn’t follow state law when collecting the fines. Collectively the city collected more than $235 million in fines from those tickets.
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.
Illinois and Chicago do not have the ability to pay any big lawsuit settlements at this time, so this twisted ruling is not surprising.