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  • City Council committee OKs removal of college degree requirement for city jobs

    Chicago Sun Times, May 14, 2025

  • “Progress is slow on Illinois’ clean energy promises“

    WBEZ Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons, September 28, 2023

  • “Chicago Jobs Council on widespread driver’s license suspensions: ‘The consequence is too significant and severe“

    Southland Marquee, January 30, 2023

  • “Gov. Pritzker Announces $44 Million Investment in Workforce Training“

    Chicago Defender, September 23, 2021

  • “Illinois the Latest State to End Driver’s License Suspensions That Fuel Inequality”

    Sam Mellins, Filter Mag, March 1, 2021

  • “Thousands of Illinois Drivers Would Get Their Licenses Back Under a Criminal Justice Reform Bill”

    Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, January 15, 2021 (reprinted in InjusticeWatch)

  • “Illinois Senate Committees Discuss Inequity in Education Employment”

    Sarah Mansur, Herald & Review, November 5, 2020

  • “Mayor Lori Lightfoot Defends Plan to Start Issuing Speed Camera Tickets for Cars Going 6 MPH Over the Limit as ‘Safety’ Issue. City Data Shows a More Complicated Picture.”

    Gregory Pratt, Joe Mahr, and John Bryne, Chicago Tribune, October 27, 2020

  • “Mayor Lori Lightfoot Wants to Start Issuing Speed Camera Tickets for Cars Going 6 MPH Over the Limit.”

    John Bryne and Gregory Pratt, Chicago Tribune, October 23, 2020

  • “5 New Laws to Know in Illinois.”

    Amanda Vinicky, WTTW, July 1, 2020

  • “Chicago Temporarily Halts Some Ticketing and Debt Collections Amid Coronavirus Pandemic.”

    Elliot Ramos, WBEZ Chicago, and Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica Illinois, March 18, 2020

  • “Tens of Thousands Lost Driver’s Licenses Over Unpaid Parking Tickets. Now, They’re Getting Them Back.”

    Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica Illinois, and Elliot Ramos, WBEZ Chicago, January 17, 2020

  • “50,000 Cook County Residents Will Lose Food Stamps If They Don’t Find Work Soon, and The Clock is Ticking.”

    Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz, Chicago Tribune, January 10, 2020