Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced plans to fully reopen the state June 11. It’s the clearest timeline Pritzker has set for most of the state to return to business as usual — and one that puts him in disagreement with Chicago's mayor, who is sticking to a more conservative potential reopening date of July 4.
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.