Donald Donagher Jr., 69, pleaded guilty in federal court to one bribery count alleging he paid $869 in March 2014 to a Morton Grove trophy company that provided plaques for the program, and $1,000 to a company that catered the event. His company, Penn Credit Corporation, was one of two vendors contracted to perform debt-collection work for the county, and he thought Brown had given the two companies equal work.
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.
And in other news, Michael Madigan is enjoying the good life on yacht, without a worry …