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BREAKING – SB 108 Passes, Making the Current Cook County Specific Partial Traffic Fee Waiver Program Permanent

We are proud to be members of the Illinois Fines & Fees Coalition and celebrate alongside our partners the passage of SB 108, the Traffic Fee Waiver Sunset Elimination Bill, which makes the current Cook County-specific partial traffic fee waiver program permanent. The bill now moves to Governor...

SB 2447: Advancing Fairness in Illinois Court Costs, Assessments, and Fees

Chicago Appleseed has long fought for fairness in court fines and fees, a source of systemic inequity in the Illinois legal system. These financial penalties impact low-income residents, contributing to cycles of debt and poverty. In 2018, the Illinois General Assembly passed the Criminal and Traffi...

Support for the FAIR Act to Improve Illinois’ Public Defense Crisis

Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts has proudly given our support to HB3363, also known as the Funded Advocacy & Independent Representation (FAIR) Act, which successfully passed out of the Illinois House last week. The FAIR Act would create an Office of State Public Defender in Illinois...

Statement on State’s Attorney Burke’s New Policy Regarding Pretrial Electronic Monitoring

Written by Austin Segal, Research Manager & Jill Dupont Memorial Fellow, and Naomi Johnson, Co-Executive Director. We strongly oppose State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke’s new policy that requires prosecutors to object on the record in all cases where their petition to detain an accused...

Celebrating 55 Years: Looking Back at the History of the Collaboration for Justice

On June 12th, 2025, Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts and the Chicago Council of Lawyers will be hosting our annual summer social—this year celebrating the 55th anniversary of the Fund for Justice. As we gear up for that anniversary party, we're looking back and the almost six decades of...

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