Mayor Lori Lightfoot campaigned on a promise to eliminate aldermanic prerogative, which was at the heart of the racketeering indictments of Ed Burke and Mike Madigan and countless other City Council scandals over the years. She could use the Madigan indictment to finally deliver on her campaign promise, but even the mayor’s staunchest allies are warning Lightfoot: Don’t even try.
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.