Jim Dey: "Irony abounds because (Frank) Mautino, a former House member from the Bureau County community of Spring Valley, is Illinois’ auditor general, the watchdog who investigates how the state spends tax dollars. The situation is just so Illinois, the import of which is clear. Abandon hope, all ye non-insiders who enter the Land of Lincoln."
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.