Rolling up to a Tesla charging port, state Sen. Dan McConchie grimaced that wheelchair users like him couldn’t use it—or any of the others at the gas station. They’d all been placed on a raised surface that he couldn’t readily reach. McConchie introduced a state bill to improve relevant accessibility standards, including electric car chargers.
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.