According to Michael Frisch, Lightfoot’s point person on the contract talks, just the pay hike she’s put on the table would cost the district $350 million over the five years in play. CTU’s proposals to hire hundreds of other staffers and slash class sizes would cost more—in the billions, according to some board sources
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.