For some long-tenured press operators such as Andrew Whitaker, 69, who started as a 24-year-old in 1979, the final production runs at the Freedom Center will be the end of the line for their printing careers after choosing a severance package over the commute to Schaumburg.
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.