Carol Pope said the new legislation not only largely ignored most of her testimony from last year and earlier this spring, but also weakens the LIG’s role moving forward. “Instead of expanding the role and the power of the legislative inspector general, it’s been restricted. And as a result, I just don’t feel like I can be effective in this job anymore.”
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.