Heidner’s plans had been cut short Tuesday morning by a terse letter from Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration informing Tinley Park officials that the piece of state-owned land Heidner needed for his “racino” project no longer was for sale. The letter came days after a Tribune investigation detailed Heidner’s longstanding business relationships with a banking family whose financial involvement with mob figures helped sink a Rosemont casino, as well as a convicted bookie.
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.