Gov. J.B. Pritzker won passage of the state's cannabis bill thanks in large part to its equity provisions, which include a pledge to pump a significant portion of pot proceeds into communities hardest hit by the war on drugs. But how that money will be spent, and by whom, is only beginning to take shape nearly a year after the recreational marijuana law passed the General Assembly.
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.