When lawmakers ended their session in the early hours of the morning May 24, they did not expect to return to Springfield until the fall veto session. Asked that day whether he would support a special legislative session to pass ethics reform, Senate President Don Harmon said,“I don’t think anyone is eager for us to call everyone back here.”
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.