Watchdog: Red light bribe scandal could be widespread
A fired executive of Chicago's beleaguered red light camera company alleges in a lawsuit that Redflex Traffic Systems doled out bribes and gifts at "dozens of municipalities" in 13 other...
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How Madigan builds his patronage army
When House Speaker Michael Madigan accidentally triggered a patronage scandal at the Metra commuter rail agency, it was the result of two extraordinary events. First his request to boost the...
How Madigan builds his patronage army
When House Speaker Michael Madigan accidentally triggered a patronage scandal at the Metra commuter rail agency, it was the result of two extraordinary events. First his request to boost the...
Seldom appealed, rarely won
When Richard and Geraldine Walen got the first of 21 red light camera tickets from Chicago in their Palos Hills mailbox, they did the same thing tens of thousands of...
Public workers caught running red lights 11,500 times
Public workers ran Chicago red lights more than 11,500 times in the past seven years, driving everything from CTA buses and garbage trucks to unmarked police cars and City Hall...
Red light tickets fail to curb some drivers’ habits
Home-care nurse Mirtise Lister says she spends her days driving her orange Hummer from house to house around the city to care for the sick and elderly. Crunched for time,...
Public workers caught running red lights 11,500 times
Public workers ran Chicago red lights more than 11,500 times in the past seven years, driving everything from CTA buses and garbage trucks to unmarked police cars and City Hall...
Red light tickets fail to curb some drivers’ habits
Home-care nurse Mirtise Lister says she spends her days driving her orange Hummer from house to house around the city to care for the sick and elderly. Crunched for time,...
Public workers caught running red lights 11,500 times
Public workers ran Chicago red lights more than 11,500 times in the past seven years, driving everything from CTA buses and garbage trucks to unmarked police cars and City Hall...
Public workers caught running red lights 11,500 times
Public workers ran Chicago red lights more than 11,500 times in the past seven years, driving everything from CTA buses and garbage trucks to unmarked police cars and City Hall...