A COVID-19 Recovery Task Force co-chaired by the mayor and her longtime friend Sam Skinner, is a virtual who’s-who of Chicago power brokers. Skinner served as White House chief of staff and U.S. Transportation Secretary under former President George H.W. Bush. He is also a former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois.
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.