"This time — where’s a scorecard when you need one? — it was former state Sen. Thomas Cullerton...But if the defendants are coming fast and furious, the sentences imposed upon wrongdoers remain weak. Those caught selling a couple ounces of cocaine can go away for a long time. Compared to that, being a white-collar criminal and/or a corrupt public official is the safer path to follow.
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.