Its demise is the latest fallout of a yearslong assault by federal prosecutors on old-school Chicago-style corruption. Members of some of Chicago’s most prominent political empires have been disgraced by charges they traded power for fortunes. As prosecutors have described their evidence, others, like Ald. Carrie Austin and state Sen. Emil Jones III, were caught with their hands in a cookie jar taking far less.
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.