There are twice as many children ages 0-6 with all parents in the workforce as there are licensed child care slots, a 2022 report by the Illinois Child Care for All Coalition found. “The lowest income families will never be able to compete in a market like that,” said Danette Connors, of the YWCA in Chicago.
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.