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Sen. Josh Hawley says his bill will track layoffs attributed to replacing workers with artificial intelligence. A St. Louis expert says mass layoffs may be ahead.

The Illinois Department of Employment Security is finally implementing a so-called work-share program — first authorized under a 2015 law — that could have saved anywhere from 43,600 to 123,900 jobs statewide during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In March, Hannah Priest filed for unemployment for the first time in her life. The St. Louis restaurant where she worked as a server, Union Loafers,…