The governor issued a veto late Friday on a three-page bill that would have allowed State Treasurer Michael Frerichs to create an investment pool for nonprofits and labor organizations. The treasurer would then be able to invest it in the same way he invests state treasury funds. In vetoing it, Pritzker said he had concerns extremist groups with nonprofit arms could also benefit from the pool.
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.