In a letter to the mayor, the Chicago teachers union on Friday argued that lifting the mask mandate would violate a safety agreement that requires masking through the end of the school year. Union president Jesse Sharkey said, “If CPS moves toward making masks optional without bargaining to do so safely, this refusal to honor our agreement will have consequences."
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.