During last year's period of remote learning, bus drivers were furloughed. Now, many don’t want to come back because they are able to collect enhanced unemployment benefits, said said Julius Ceasar, the director of recruiting for Cook Illinois Corporation. At an Orland Park job fair last month, only two applicants showed up.
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.
This is the plan.