Federal prosecutors said Tim Mapes, 66, of Springfield, repeatedly lied to a grand jury March 31 about Madigan’s relationship with ComEd lobbyist and Madigan confidant Michael McClain. Mapes was granted immunity just before the testimony, but prosecutors said he perjured himself and obstructed justice by lying about Madigan and McClain’s relationship between 2017 and 2019.
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.