"It's opening up three different conversations, a broad message that this is something serious that we need to address...because corruption and the appearance of corruption is very corrosive to the legitimacy of the political process," said political science professor Kent Redfield.
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.
Illinois is a corrupt state, always has been always will be.