Once Carson's department stores and other Bon-Ton Stores-owned entities in Illinois liquidate by the end of summer, some 3,514 associates will be out of work. That number does not include at least 330 other jobs that were shed earlier this winter, when Bon-Ton Stores closed seven locations in Illinois months before declaring bankruptcy.
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.