Even Republicans have their share of praise for what Manar was as a legislator and a politician. Sen. Jason Barickman, R-Bloomington, said that he was the kind of person that you could work with and have a good relationship, even if he was a member of the opposite party.
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.