• Erin Hegarty
    APR 25, 2023
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    Lightfoot launches new information ‘hub’ for returning citizens days after City Council approves anti-discrimination protections for those with prior convictions

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    The city’s new re-entry resource website is above. [City of Chicago] 

    Less than one week after the City Council passed an ordinance that allows people who were previously incarcerated to receive business licenses and participate in other business opportunities including city markets, Mayor Lori Lightfoot rolled out a new website with resources for Chicagoans returning home after being incarcerated.

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