Michael Madigan is the chairman and treasurer of Friends of Michael J Madigan. The candidate committee had $10.5 million cash on hand as of Dec. 31, 2021, and spent $2 million with law firm Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP the day after Madigan resigned from the state legislature Feb. 18, 2021. Five attorneys from that firm have filed appearances in federal court to represent Madigan.
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.