Former Mayor Emanuel and water department officials repeatedly denied the nation’s third-largest city has a widespread problem with lead in drinking water. But a study of metered homes and results from thousands of free testing kits distributed by the city show Emanuel not only was wrong, his own programs likely made the problem worse.
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.