State Rep. Blaine Wilhour said the board should do its due diligence about federal tax credit scholarships that would not cost the state a dime. “I really don’t want to hear people come in here and talk about inequity in education and all this when you’re just leaving that stuff off the table because of politics,” Wilhour 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.