Mayor Brandon Johnson's office says it will redirect a total 730 asylum seekers over the next few weeks from five park facilities to other nearby shelters. That'll open up Brands Park, Gage Park, the Leone Beach Boathouse and Piotrowski Park, in addition to Broadway Armory Park. The move comes after nearly a year of protests from nearby residents upset with the lack of park district programming, who staged a demonstration as Johnson’s eviction plan started nearly two weeks ago.
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.