Jim Dey: "U.S. Judge Robert Gettleman recently wrote that 'evidence presented by the government was sufficient to permit a rational jury to conclude beyond a reasonable doubt that defendant intended to engage in quid pro quo when he hired Acevedo.' Who’s the defendant? Who’s Acevedo? It’s complicated."
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.