"Nonprofit journalism is here to stay. It is fair game for criticism, just as commercial journalism always has been. Tension between the press and public officials will always exist. The stakes are high, the complexity great, and no one benefits when fanciful notions about undue influence are dragged into the fray."
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.