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Illinois lawmakers banned campaign contributions from red-light camera companies but take them anyway

Among those accepting campaign contributions after supporting what was portrayed as reform legislation: Illinois Senate President Don Harmon, D-Oak Park.

Chicago Sun-Times

Welcome warning? Illinois Senate president’s message to newly sworn senators: Fly right or get lost

Illinois Senate President Don Harmon quoted both his late mother, who worried “that Springfield will change your notion of what the right thing is,” and former Chicago Police Supt. James Rochford, who once warned officers “If you lack integrity, get out — get out now.”

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The rise and fall of another Chicago political dynasty — the 34th Ward Democrats

“We were in the same political family,” former Illinois Senate President Emil Jones Jr. says. “We were able to elect a county commissioner, we were able to elect state reps, senators — and it all came out of that organization.”

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Chicago's Red Light Cameras Keep Fueling Corruption Scandals

A state senator joins several local officials in federal indictments for taking bribes in exchange for contracts.

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Lightfoot disputes feds’ environmental racism claims, Sen. Emil Jones III pleads not guilty and more in your Chicago news roundup

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State Sen. Emil Jones III pleads not guilty to federal bribery charges

Jones allegedly agreed to protect the red-light camera company SafeSpeed from legislation in the Illinois General Assembly in exchange for $5,000 and a job for an unnamed associate. Then, the state senator allegedly lied to the FBI about it.

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CPS enrollment drops again, state Sen. Emil Jones faces calls to resign and more in your Chicago news roundup

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Quitting time? Pritzker says embattled state Sens. Emil Jones III, Michael Hastings ‘must resign from their offices’

Jones, who is facing federal bribery charges, and Hastings, accused of abuse by his estranged wife, have stepped down from Senate leadership posts, but Pritzker said that’s not enough: “Resigning only their leadership roles falls short of what the public should expect.”

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State Sen. Emil Jones III gives up leadership posts after federal bribery charges — but not his Senate seat

As Republicans called for the Far South Side legislator to resign altogether, Jones III has yet to publicly address the charges against him.

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Charges against state Sen. Emil Jones III show cheap price of corruption in Illinois

The paltry $5,000 kickback Emil Jones III was allegedly promised in a scheme with the red-light camera company SafeSpeed LLC is indicative of how easily some of our elected leaders can apparently be bought off.

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Apartment building blast injures 8; COPA video shows police shooting in Pilsen and more in your Chicago news roundup

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State Sen. Emil Jones III hit with federal bribery charges tied to red-light camera investigation

The son of former Illinois Senate President Emil Jones Jr. is also charged with lying to the FBI.

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