David Kidwell

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

Emanuel administration clears bribe-paying red light camera vendor to bid on contracts

June 14, 2024 at 6:45 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration has reinstated the red light camera vendor it fired after the firm was caught bribing its way into City Hall, making Redflex Traffic Systems Inc. once...

City admits mistake in trying to fix previous error on red light tickets

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

In its effort to clean up a mistake it made on 1.9 million red light and speed-camera tickets, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration has erred again. In a mass mailing last...

Charles Raymond, 74, of the Hyde Park neighborhood, walks away from the scene in the 5600 block of South Princeton Avenue where the 15-year-old grandson of U.S. Rep. Danny Davis was killed Nov. 18, 2016, in the Englewood neighborhood. Raymond, a family friend, drove the teen's grandmother to the scene.

2 teens charged with murder in shooting of U.S. Rep. Danny Davis’ grandson

May 23, 2019 at 3:59 a.m.

A 16-year-old boy and a 17-year-old girl were ordered held without bail Sunday after being charged with murder in the shooting death of Javon Wilson, the grandson of U.S. Rep....

Karen Finley, center, former CEO of red light camera vendor Redflex, leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago on Nov. 10, 2016, after her sentencing. Attorney Michael Monico is at left.

Red light cameras figure gets 2 1/2 years in prison for massive bribe scheme

May 23, 2019 at 3:42 a.m.

The three-year federal prosecution of Chicago's red light camera program came to an apparent conclusion Thursday as a federal judge blasted the corporate and government corruption at the heart of...

Marilyn Hall submits her ballot at O'Keeffe Elementary School on Nov. 8, 2016, in the South Shore neighborhood of Chicago.

‘Strong’ voter turnout in Chicago unhampered by problems at polls

May 15, 2019 at 8:59 p.m.

Voter turnout in Chicago on Tuesday was on pace to rival the 2008 and 2012 elections won by adopted son Barack Obama, election officials said. Just over 1 million ballots...

A red light camera keeps watch over the intersection at Western Avenue and Van Buren Street Tuesday, March 10, 2015 in Chicago.

Judge approves class-action status for suit over red light, speed cameras

May 23, 2019 at 3:41 a.m.

A Cook County judge approved class-action status Wednesday for a lawsuit over the city's failure to give adequate notice to red light camera and speed camera violators, substantially increasing the...

Sign indicating the presence of a red light camera.

Lawsuit challenges Chicago’s red light camera ordinance

June 14, 2024 at 6:48 p.m.

A move by Mayor Rahm Emanuel to allow for the rehearing of as many as 1.5 million improperly issued automated red light and speeding tickets faces a new court challenge...

Former Redflex CEO Karen Finley, seen here at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago on Aug. 20, 2015, was sentenced in Ohio on Oct. 19, 2016, to 14 months in federal prison for her role in a bribes-for-contracts scheme there.

Red-light cameras figure given 14 months in prison for Ohio bribery scandal

June 14, 2024 at 6:48 p.m.

The former CEO of Chicago's longtime red-light cameras vendor — ousted as part of a $2 million bribery scandal at City Hall — was sentenced Wednesday in Ohio to 14...

Martin O'Malley, left, the bagman in the red light camera scandal, leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on Sept. 12, 2016, after being sentenced to six months in prison. At right is O'Malley's attorney, Mike Gillespie.

Bagman in red light cameras scandal given 6 months in prison

June 14, 2024 at 6:43 p.m.

The admitted bagman who funneled more than half a million dollars in bribes to the City Hall insider at the center of the red light camera scandal was sentenced to...

Emanuel to let 1.5 million traffic camera tickets be contested; refunds no sure thing

May 15, 2019 at 8:53 p.m.

As he tries to get in front of a lawsuit, Mayor Rahm Emanuel plans to offer nearly 1.5 million people who got traffic camera tickets another chance to contest the...

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