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Former Redflex CEO Karen Finley arrives at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on Aug. 20, 2015.

Ex-Redflex exec pleads guilty to helping orchestrate $2M bribery scheme

June 14, 2024 at 6:46 p.m.

As a young executive at an up-and-coming red light camera company a decade ago, Karen Finley placed a small help-wanted ad in a Chicago newspaper that quietly made a record...

An SUV enters a red light camera intersection Dec. 7, 2014, at Madison Street and Ashland Avenue on Chicago's Near West Side.

Judge refuses to throw out lawsuit challenging red light cameras

June 14, 2024 at 6:47 p.m.

A Cook County judge on Thursday denied a bid by the city of Chicago to throw out a proposed class-action lawsuit challenging its lucrative and embattled red light camera program,...

Watered-down red light camera proposal advances

May 25, 2019 at 1:23 p.m.

Chicago aldermen on Tuesday gave preliminary approval to a watered-down red light camera ordinance that calls for community meetings and a study of the controversial program but fails to address...

Northbound cars pass through a yellow light on Western Avenue at Pershing Road on March 13, 2015. Experts around the country say Chicago's yellow light times are too short, posing a safety hazard.

Experts: City Hall has the evidence to lengthen yellow light times

May 8, 2019 at 2:27 p.m.

For nearly two years, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration has had strong evidence that Chicago's yellow light times are too short for traffic conditions, thanks to a series of radar gun...

Chicago plans to eliminate 50 more red light cameras

May 25, 2019 at 12:35 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Sunday announced he would remove 50 red light cameras at 25 of the 174 intersections in the city's program and soften the penalty for first-time offenders,...

Garcia promises to remove red light cameras on first day in office

May 15, 2019 at 2:32 p.m.

Mayoral challenger Jesus "Chuy" Garcia promised to remove the city's controversial red light cameras on his first day in office, casting the automated ticketing program as a "rip-off" effort from...

People watch from a balcony as Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel addresses supporters at the Chicago Journeymen Plumbers union hall in Chicago on Feb. 24, 2015.

Election complaints include food reheating tiff, the case of the missing furniture

May 15, 2019 at 2:31 p.m.

Election Day complaints roll into the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners office throughout the day and get logged for the public to see. On Tuesday, one complaint centered on an...

Chicago election officials hope to avoid record low turnout

May 15, 2019 at 2:30 p.m.

Chicago election officials said late Tuesday afternoon that the number of ballots cast in the city election continues to be low, but they hope a pickup in the final two...

"It's very clear that these cameras are a way for local governments to raise money," said red light camera opponent Rep. David McSweeney.

GOP lawmaker proposes statewide ban on red light cameras

May 25, 2019 at 12:34 p.m.

A Republican state lawmaker filed legislation to outlaw traffic enforcement cameras statewide in the wake of a Tribune investigation into Chicago's controversial red light program, but it faces an uncertain...

Experts: Chicago’s short yellow light times, red light cameras a risky mix

August 18, 2019 at 6:29 p.m.

Chicago has the nation's largest red light camera system and the shortest allowable yellow lights — a unique and dangerous combination that makes rear-end crashes more likely across the city,...

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