Among their claims, the group says the city’s mandate was not approved by city council and goes beyond the Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s authority, and it takes issue with how the mandate has been applied across the board, saying teachers have it easier because unvaccinated teachers don’t have to pay for their own testing or take time away from work to get tested.
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.