Chicago City Sticker Amnesty Program

The Transit Table Coalition has created a guide to getting your driver's license back under the City Sticker Amnesty program. We will update the guide as necessary, based on new information we received. Please share the guide with your communities, constituencies and neighbors, so as many people as...
November 19, 2019

Advocates Urge Delay for Public Act 101-0255

Chicago Council of Lawyers and Chicago Appleseed have joined with the Cook County State’s Attorney and many advocates for people who have experienced domestic violence and sexual assault to urge a delay in implementation for Public Act 101-0255. Public Act 101-0255 is scheduled to take effect on...
November 11, 2019

Support for the License to Work Act

Statement from the Transit Table 7/23/2019 “Mayor Lightfoot’s commitment to support the License to Work Act is a long-awaited, strong first step in transforming Chicago’s inequitable vehicle ticketing system, as is the ordinance she proposed with City Clerk Anna Valencia. For years, the Transit Ta...
July 23, 2019

License to Work

Chicago Appleseed is a coalition member of License2Work Illinois, a group working to eliminate inequities in the judicial process by eliminating drivers licenses suspensions as a punishment for debt owed the city, such as court debt, administrative fees and unpaid fines. The License2Work coalition c...
April 11, 2019

The Stories Behind Criminal Justice Debt, pt.2

By Lindsay Hagy, Pro Bono Volunteer and Chair of the Court Costs, Fines, and Fees Working Group   This week Governor Rauner signed HB 4594, The Criminal and Traffic Assessment Act, into law. The law will go into effect in 2019 and will help many Illinoisans who could be negatively impacted by...
August 24, 2018