Last year, Aqua Illinois entered into a consent order meant to resolve years of legal battles with the state's attorney general stemming from dangerously high levels of lead in the water system for University Park, a far south suburb of Chicago. And north of the city, “It’s just unfair,” said Frank Pontrelli of Lakemoor. “Money’s getting taken and the water is still orange.”
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.