Lawmakers in Illinois are pushing a more targeted bill supported by Gov. JB Pritzker that would give emergency sick leave to vaccinated employees at K-12 schools and colleges, an effort to quell frustrations among staff that has led to school closures in Chicago and elsewhere.
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.