It was reported two weeks ago that about 13,000 part-time Illinois National Guard soldiers and airmen, and more than 1,000 full-time civilian employees of the Guard, could lose two months of pay if Congress failed to act by Aug. 1 to reimburse the guard for security provided in Washington DC in January. Congress ended up taking action July 29.
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.