"But now federal prosecutors have raised the stakes by charging individuals, an act that threatens not just their reputations but their freedom. And in doing so, they have taken a major step toward securing something that charging the corporation could not give them: potential witnesses who might be able to help them lock in a case against Madigan himself."
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.