It turns out that Illinois law says state regulators 'cannot normally consider juvenile offenses or expunged convictions when making licensure determinations,' according to a spokesperson for the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. And that’s how someone who had to register as a sex offender ended up licensed to touch people for a living."
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.