Sebastian “Sam” Palumbo was banned from state and federal projects after he and several other construction firms were caught up in a massive fraud case in the 1990s that revealed taxpayers, and employees, were ripped off. Palumbo, a brother and their father did prison time.
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.
Road construction projects are awarded to the fattest envelope stuffed into a politicians pocket.
Sounds so Illinois.