City Collaborative Proposes Incremental Reforms to Chicago’s Vehicle Ticketing System Debt Forgiveness Program Could Provide Tangible Support to Impacted Chicagoans FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 11, 2019 PRESS CONTACTS: Jenna Severson (o) 312-368-0310 (jseverson@woodstockinst.org) CHICAGO, IL – The Chicago City Clerk today...
Illinois, quit suspending driver’s licenses for unpaid parking tickets (Chicago Sun-Times) OPINION By Ben Ruddell and Brian Costin During a routine 2008 traffic stop in Chicago, LaSheria’s life was permanently changed. After being stopped, she learned that her driver’s...
By Elliott Ramos, WBEZ & Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica Illinois The Chicago City Council on Wednesday approved the first reforms aimed at helping the city’s low-income motorists cope with ticket debt, with more significant changes potentially on the way. The approved...
By Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, and Elliott Ramos, WBEZ Chicago has issued 20,000 duplicate city sticker tickets since 2007. City officials are now looking at whether this violates a city ordinance and say motorists might be in for a refund. In less...
By Roxanne Liu, American Banker Consumer advocates are urging local governments and courts to improve their debt-collection systems to take into the account the ability of low-income households to pay fines or court costs related to traffic violations or other...
Chicago Vehicle Ticketing Unfairly Burdens Low-income and Minority Communities New Report Reveals Possible Racial, Geographic, or Economic Bias in Ticketing Practices FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 21, 2018 CHICAGO, IL – A new report released today by Woodstock Institute sheds light...