Illinois Senate President Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, backed a law passed in May to ban campaign contributions from the red-light camera industry, which has been embroiled in a bribery scandal. Less than six weeks later, he accepted two contributions totaling $5,000 from Redspeed Illinois, a contractor operating red-light cameras in a number of Chicago-area municipalities. (Justin L. Fowler / The State Journal-Register via AP)
In May, the General Assembly passed a bill to ban campaign contributions from the red-light camera industry that’s been embroiled in a bribery scandal still unfolding in federal court.
The measure, described by legislators as an important reform, was approved without dissent. Among those backing the bill was Illinois Senate President Don Harmon.
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