In the Legislature itself, reports of wrongdoing have been hidden from the public. Julie Porter, the state’s former legislative inspector general, has said three investigations by her office – including one that found evidence of serious wrongdoing by a state lawmaker – were blocked from release by the Legislative Ethics Commission. The commission’s members themselves are state lawmakers.
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.