Only 1 Person Has Been Issued The Steepest Fine For Drinking At Pride Parade
In 2013, lawmakers raised the fine for drinking near a parade to $500 to $1,000. Only one such ticket has been issued at the Pride Parade.
Elliott Ramos
Former Data Editor
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Tickets Task Force Suggests Reforms, Punts To Mayor, City Council
A report from the Chicago Fines, Fees & Access Collaborative responded to many of the problems ProPublica Illinois and WBEZ revealed.
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Lawsuits And A New Mayor. What’s Going On With Ticketing?
Chicago has been hit with multiple lawsuits, and legislation has stalled in Springfield that would have ended some license suspensions.
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Lawsuit Challenges Chicago’s Car Impound Program
The class-action suit wants the city to end a program that takes cars for certain crimes, and return others being held with hefty fees.
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Chicago’s Towing Program Is Broken
The city sells one in four towed vehicles. It pays a contractor with residents’ cars. Yet, the city barely makes money.
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Takeaways From Our Investigation Of Chicago’s Towing Program
Decades of data show the towing program relies on a problematic contract that sells thousands of cars and barely makes the city money.
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Lightfoot Proposes Scaling Back Boots, Red-Light Cameras
Lightfoot would ban the boot for non-moving violations and eliminate red-light cameras that weren’t for safety reasons.
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Chicago Election Results: What Neighborhoods Voted – And For Whom?
Lightfoot had a strong showing on a large part of the North Side, while Preckwinkle controlled the South Side along the lake.
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How Chicago’s Ticketing System Can Ruin Someone’s Life
We all hate them. But parking and traffic camera tickets generate millions for the city of Chicago every year. A WBEZ/ProPublica Illinois investigation reveals that system puts a huge burden on the very people who can least afford it. We look at how one ticket can ruin someone’s life, and what mayoral candidates will do to change the discriminatory system.
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Everybody In Chicago’s Mayor’s Race Wants Ticket Reform
All 14 candidates pledged reforms ranging from the studying of enforcement disparities to overhauling payment plans.
