The City Council is being asked to revive an underground warehouse development on the Southeast Side that’s being pushed by the Ozinga family. After a city zoning official ruled last year that the project ran afoul of Chicago’s ban on mining operations, it appeared that the Ozingas — owners of the namesake concrete and materials business — had little choice but to give up on the site near East 112th Street along the Calumet River.
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.