Afternoon Edition: Lawmakers accept campaign contributions they banned
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Ill. 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.
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Guest Commentary | Convictions haven't changed the Madigan method of ruling Illinois | Guest Commentary
Former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan is a man who needed blind loyalists to hold his power in Springfield over the last 40 years.
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Convictions haven't changed the Madigan method of ruling Illinois | Madison
Former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan is a man who needed blind loyalists to hold his power in Springfield over the last 40 years. Tim Mapes played that role well. Mapes was Madigan’s longtime chief of staff and held other titles as he worked alongside Madigan to control the Illinois House of Representatives and Democratic Party of Illinois.
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Area elected officials condemn violence in Israel-Gaza war
Local elected officials have joined national and international leaders condemning the violence in Israel and Gaza that erupted over the weekend. State legislators condemned the violence affecting Palestinians and Israelis. Reps. Abdelnasser Rashid (D-Bridgeview) and LaShawn Ford (D-Chicago), and State Sen. Mike Porfirio (D-LaGrange), are among 16 Democratic Illinois state legislators who have signed a letter deploring the violence in Israel and Gaza. “Hundreds of Israelis and Palestinians have been killed, and thousands injured,” the three-paragraph letter states. “All loss of human l...
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