Mark Konkol: "(H)ere we are in an election year, three years after cannabis was legalized, a move that Pritzker promised would create 'new millionaires in the Black community, in the Latino community, all across this state,' there still is not a single licensed and operating weed store or grow operation in Illinois with majority Black or Latino ownership."
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.