Cook County Judge Katheen Burke originally ruled the question on the March 19 ballot unconstitutional and invalid, but appellate justices said she was wrong to rule on a referendum that was a step in the legislative process. The Illinois Supreme Court upheld the appellate decision March 13 without offering a reason for the decision.
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.