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Judge imposes new $1M penalty against former House speaker

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ADVANCE FOR USE SATURDAY, JULY 15, AND THEREAFTER – FILE – In this Jan. 2, 2007, file photo, Pennsylvania state Reps. Bill DeWeese, D-Greene, left, and John Perzel, R-Philadelphia, right, talk for a moment on the floor of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in Harrisburg, Pa. Pennsylvania requires a one-year waiting period before lawmakers and agency officials can begin lobbying former colleagues, and DeWeese and Perzel are among a small group of Pennsylvania lawmakers-turned-lobbyists who spent the waiting period behind bars. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Convicted ex-lawmakers enjoy access as lobbyists

By DEBRA ERDLEY and KEVIN ZWICK and Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Associated Press

Ex-Pa. Speaker Perzel plans future after prison

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FILE - In this July 1, 2006, file photo, John Perzel conducts business on the floor of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives at the Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. The former Pennsylvania House speaker was paroled Thursday morning, Feb. 27, 2014, after serving nearly two years in prison on a corruption conviction. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Former Pa. House speaker paroled from prison

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Parole looms for 2 convicted ex-Pa. House speakers

By PETER JACKSON - Associated Press