The B-minus average still represents hundreds of absences from City Council committees, when aldermen debate and approve the rules, taxes and fees that Chicagoans must live by and pay. While attendance improved overall, scores varied widely. The poorest records were held by some of the most senior members, including a few who will be asking voters for promotions this year.
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.