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Victory in the Effort to Reform Chicago’s Ticket and Collection Practices

Following testimony earlier in the week, the Chicago City Council voted 49-1 to pass ordinance O2019-5547 on Wednesday, September 18, 2019. The ordinance takes the first steps toward reforming ticketing, payment plans, and ticket debt collection practices in the City of Chicago. The ordi...

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...

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...


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