Parent Allison Kaplan worried about stability in a year that has felt anything but. “It doesn’t feel great as a parent to know that not only is the beginning of next year going to be chaotic just based on the circumstances of our situation … now there’s an added chaotic element of not only one leadership person stepping away, but three total,” she said.
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.