The group consists of House Democrats, but no Republicans. State Rep. Dan Caulkins, who recently traveled to the southern U.S. border, said Democrats need to open the meetings up to the public. “Let the people come in from the neighborhoods that are affected,” Caulkins said. “Let’s talk about it. Let’s talk about it out in the open. Not some small working group that’s going to give the governor cover, ‘oh we’re trying to figure it out.’”
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.