Let's try this out. Each #Friday, I'll drop a video: 'This Week in #FreeToDrive & #EndJusticeFees'. I want to bring y'all into @finesandfeesjc.bsky.social two national campaigns. Share a little about what we're doing & why it matters. One plus, one delta, one thing I'm looking forward to. Let's go!
February 13, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Let's try this out. Each #Friday, I'll drop a video: 'This Week in #FreeToDrive & #EndJusticeFees'. I want to bring y'all into @finesandfeesjc.bsky.social two national campaigns. Share a little about what we're doing & why it matters. One plus, one delta, one thing I'm looking forward to. Let's go!
This week in #FreeToDrive and #EndJusticeFees: building events with state partners, #Chicago making a bad choice, and getting ready to learn from some allies in #Minnesota. Let's go! #advocacy
February 20, 2026 at 10:21 PM
This week in #FreeToDrive and #EndJusticeFees: building events with state partners, #Chicago making a bad choice, and getting ready to learn from some allies in #Minnesota. Let's go! #advocacy
It starts with a ticket or a fine. Then it cascades. Debt, debilitating choices, and the threat of having your license suspended—of having your life and livelihood destroyed. The #RoadToOpportunityAct can end this, and can be another step forward in the #FreeToDrive movement. #Massachusetts #mapoli
www.masslive.com
March 23, 2026 at 9:23 PM
It starts with a ticket or a fine. Then it cascades. Debt, debilitating choices, and the threat of having your license suspended—of having your life and livelihood destroyed. The #RoadToOpportunityAct can end this, and can be another step forward in the #FreeToDrive movement. #Massachusetts #mapoli
Looking back on the week that was... Here's the latest in *This Week in #FreeToDrive and #EndJusticeFees*
#advocacy #justice
#advocacy #justice
March 9, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Looking back on the week that was... Here's the latest in *This Week in #FreeToDrive and #EndJusticeFees*
#advocacy #justice
#advocacy #justice
If it's #Friday, it's time for *This Week In #FreeToDrive and #EndJusticeFees.*
Progress in #Arizona. Challenges in #Ohio. Building blocks in #Wisconsin.
Progress in #Arizona. Challenges in #Ohio. Building blocks in #Wisconsin.
February 28, 2026 at 12:17 AM
If it's #Friday, it's time for *This Week In #FreeToDrive and #EndJusticeFees.*
Progress in #Arizona. Challenges in #Ohio. Building blocks in #Wisconsin.
Progress in #Arizona. Challenges in #Ohio. Building blocks in #Wisconsin.
🚨NEW REPORT🚨 from the team at @finesandfeesjc.bsky.social - reforms our allies and we have achieved through #EndJusticeFees and #FreeToDrive, and related fine-and-fee reform efforts across the country, provided at least $37.5 billion in financial relief for families and communities. $37.5 *billion*.
The Cost We No Longer Pay: How Fines and Fees Reform Delivered Billions in Relief for Families - Fines and Fees Justice Center
People living paycheck-to-paycheck and communities of color are disproportionately impacted by criminal justice fines and fees. The consequences for being unable to afford to pay them can be severe an...
finesandfeesjusticecenter.org
April 28, 2026 at 4:49 PM
🚨NEW REPORT🚨 from the team at @finesandfeesjc.bsky.social - reforms our allies and we have achieved through #EndJusticeFees and #FreeToDrive, and related fine-and-fee reform efforts across the country, provided at least $37.5 billion in financial relief for families and communities. $37.5 *billion*.
#Massachusetts has the chance to make history by passing the Road to Opportunity Act - a law to end the ineffective, inhumane practice of debt-based license suspensions - and joining the 26 states that have taken that step toward economic and racial justice. #FreeToDrive www.nclc.org/statement-of...
Statement of the Road to Opportunity Act Coalition on Favorable Report from Joint Transportation Committee
“We deeply appreciate the leadership of Senator Cyr and Chair Crighton in advancing this critical legislation."
www.nclc.org
January 16, 2026 at 12:12 AM
#Massachusetts has the chance to make history by passing the Road to Opportunity Act - a law to end the ineffective, inhumane practice of debt-based license suspensions - and joining the 26 states that have taken that step toward economic and racial justice. #FreeToDrive www.nclc.org/statement-of...
It's #Friday, which means it's time for *This Week in #FreeToDrive and #EndJusticeFees*! Looking back on the release of a new #podcast episode and challenges that arise from the current media landscape, and preparing to run through the finish line in legislative sessions that end soon. Let's go!
April 10, 2026 at 6:58 PM
It's #Friday, which means it's time for *This Week in #FreeToDrive and #EndJusticeFees*! Looking back on the release of a new #podcast episode and challenges that arise from the current media landscape, and preparing to run through the finish line in legislative sessions that end soon. Let's go!
The voters have spoken: court debt should never decide who is #FreeToDrive. It’s time for Massachusetts to pass the #RoadToOpportunityAct — common-sense solution to expanding fairness, road safety, & opportunity.
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💡 Learn more: tinyurl.com/4hc2e9b2
Massachusetts Voters Overwhelmingly Support Passage of the Road to Opportunity Act
Polling Finds Broad, Bipartisan Support for Ending Debt-Based Driving Restrictions
tinyurl.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:17 PM
The voters have spoken: court debt should never decide who is #FreeToDrive. It’s time for Massachusetts to pass the #RoadToOpportunityAct — common-sense solution to expanding fairness, road safety, & opportunity.
💡 Learn more: tinyurl.com/4hc2e9b2
💡 Learn more: tinyurl.com/4hc2e9b2
In #Massachusetts, you can get your license suspended due to debt. This isn't about #roadsafety. This is trapping and harming people who are struggling.
#NewPoll: 78% of MA voters agree: let's end this shameful practice and pass the #RoadToOpportunityAct. #FreeToDrive
www.nclc.org/massachusett...
#NewPoll: 78% of MA voters agree: let's end this shameful practice and pass the #RoadToOpportunityAct. #FreeToDrive
www.nclc.org/massachusett...
Massachusetts Voters Overwhelmingly Support Passage of the Road to Opportunity Act
Polling Finds Broad, Bipartisan Support for Ending Debt-Based Driving Restrictions
www.nclc.org
January 27, 2026 at 8:56 PM
In #Massachusetts, you can get your license suspended due to debt. This isn't about #roadsafety. This is trapping and harming people who are struggling.
#NewPoll: 78% of MA voters agree: let's end this shameful practice and pass the #RoadToOpportunityAct. #FreeToDrive
www.nclc.org/massachusett...
#NewPoll: 78% of MA voters agree: let's end this shameful practice and pass the #RoadToOpportunityAct. #FreeToDrive
www.nclc.org/massachusett...
A driver's license isn't a plastic card. It's an existential tool for survival.
On the #FreeToDrive campaign, we fight debt-based license suspensions. Identity-based policies like this? Different basis, same cruelty.
#Kansas #TransRights
@19thnews.org👇🏽
On the #FreeToDrive campaign, we fight debt-based license suspensions. Identity-based policies like this? Different basis, same cruelty.
#Kansas #TransRights
@19thnews.org👇🏽
'I'm heartbroken': Trans Kansans struggle with reality as driver’s licenses are invalidated
The Kansas Department of Revenue this week sent a letter to Kansans affected by a new law that requires the gender marker on a driver’s license to match a person’s sex at birth.
19thnews.org
February 28, 2026 at 9:59 PM
A driver's license isn't a plastic card. It's an existential tool for survival.
On the #FreeToDrive campaign, we fight debt-based license suspensions. Identity-based policies like this? Different basis, same cruelty.
#Kansas #TransRights
@19thnews.org👇🏽
On the #FreeToDrive campaign, we fight debt-based license suspensions. Identity-based policies like this? Different basis, same cruelty.
#Kansas #TransRights
@19thnews.org👇🏽
We’re opening the series by highlighting one of the year’s most significant milestones: the progress achieved through our #FreeToDrive campaign.
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2025 Legislative Roundup Part 1: Free to Drive - Fines and Fees Justice Center
Over the next two weeks we will be releasing a four-part series offering an in-depth analysis of each core area of FFJC’s reform efforts including: debt-based driver’s license restrictions, state and ...
tinyurl.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
We’re opening the series by highlighting one of the year’s most significant milestones: the progress achieved through our #FreeToDrive campaign.
💡 tinyurl.com/macymaau
💡 tinyurl.com/macymaau
The #RoadToOpportunityAct is a common-sense solution that would ensure that court debt never decides whether safe drivers are #FreeToDrive.
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💡 tinyurl.com/4jajc4ez
RMV’s answer to unpaid tolls amounts to debtor’s prison - The Boston Globe
Lifting the driver's licenses of debtors is today's version of 'debtor's prison'
tinyurl.com
July 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The #RoadToOpportunityAct is a common-sense solution that would ensure that court debt never decides whether safe drivers are #FreeToDrive.
💡 tinyurl.com/4jajc4ez
💡 tinyurl.com/4jajc4ez
In a state where 70% of people commute to work by car, taking away a license is equivalent to taking away someone’s livelihood. Ending this practice would improve fairness, safety, & opportunity – and ensure that court debt never decides whether safe drivers are #FreeToDrive.
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🔗 tinyurl.com/musdk7e2
‘A real cycle of debt.’ The RMV has marked millions of licenses for non-renewal due to unpaid fees. - The Boston Globe
The state Registry of Motor Vehicles placed driver’s licenses in non-renewal status nearly 3 million times during a five-year period because of unpaid tolls and other debts unrelated to road safety, a...
tinyurl.com
June 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
In a state where 70% of people commute to work by car, taking away a license is equivalent to taking away someone’s livelihood. Ending this practice would improve fairness, safety, & opportunity – and ensure that court debt never decides whether safe drivers are #FreeToDrive.
🔗 tinyurl.com/musdk7e2
🔗 tinyurl.com/musdk7e2
Across the country, debt-related license suspensions have harmed our communities and hindered economic mobility. In the six years since we launched #FreeToDrive, FFJC has worked with advocates, policymakers, and system leaders to advance reforms that reduce or end this practice. 🧵
June 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Across the country, debt-related license suspensions have harmed our communities and hindered economic mobility. In the six years since we launched #FreeToDrive, FFJC has worked with advocates, policymakers, and system leaders to advance reforms that reduce or end this practice. 🧵
This week in #FreeToDrive and #EndJusticeFees - navigating federal reform opportunities in a very tough Congress; refusing to back down while #Iowa lawmakers push bad policy; and preparing for deeper engagement with conservative allies who want states to move away from #finesandfees. #advocacylife
April 17, 2026 at 9:17 PM
This week in #FreeToDrive and #EndJusticeFees - navigating federal reform opportunities in a very tough Congress; refusing to back down while #Iowa lawmakers push bad policy; and preparing for deeper engagement with conservative allies who want states to move away from #finesandfees. #advocacylife
It's #Friday, which means it's time for *This Week in #FreeToDrive and #EndJusticeFees* — presenting to legislators in #NorthDakota, navigating the politics of state legislatures in a hectic election year, and preparing for some mid-session strategizing with our #conservative allies.
April 3, 2026 at 3:04 PM
It's #Friday, which means it's time for *This Week in #FreeToDrive and #EndJusticeFees* — presenting to legislators in #NorthDakota, navigating the politics of state legislatures in a hectic election year, and preparing for some mid-session strategizing with our #conservative allies.
March 20, 2026 at 11:13 PM
If it's #Friday, it's time for "This Week in #FreeToDrive and #EndJusticeFees"!
This week: expanded fee elimination work with conservative allies in #Oklahoma, an alarming trend in automated traffic enforcement, and looking ahead to a convo with #Missouri partners about ending pretrial fees.
This week: expanded fee elimination work with conservative allies in #Oklahoma, an alarming trend in automated traffic enforcement, and looking ahead to a convo with #Missouri partners about ending pretrial fees.
March 13, 2026 at 11:01 PM
If it's #Friday, it's time for "This Week in #FreeToDrive and #EndJusticeFees"!
This week: expanded fee elimination work with conservative allies in #Oklahoma, an alarming trend in automated traffic enforcement, and looking ahead to a convo with #Missouri partners about ending pretrial fees.
This week: expanded fee elimination work with conservative allies in #Oklahoma, an alarming trend in automated traffic enforcement, and looking ahead to a convo with #Missouri partners about ending pretrial fees.
#Idaho joined the #FreeToDrive movement years ago. Now, lawmakers want to undo their own win—and undermine their own economy & workforce.
Not the only state that's tried to move backwards. Headwinds are real. But @finesandfeesjc.bsky.social & our conservative allies have held & will hold the line.
Not the only state that's tried to move backwards. Headwinds are real. But @finesandfeesjc.bsky.social & our conservative allies have held & will hold the line.
March 5, 2026 at 2:13 AM
#Idaho joined the #FreeToDrive movement years ago. Now, lawmakers want to undo their own win—and undermine their own economy & workforce.
Not the only state that's tried to move backwards. Headwinds are real. But @finesandfeesjc.bsky.social & our conservative allies have held & will hold the line.
Not the only state that's tried to move backwards. Headwinds are real. But @finesandfeesjc.bsky.social & our conservative allies have held & will hold the line.
Hell yes. Thankfully, we've been making progress steadily for years.
26 states have rolled back or ended debt-based license suspensions. Dozens of states and localities have eliminated justice system fees.
Check us out ➡️ @finesandfeesjc.bsky.social!
#FreeToDrive #EndJusticeFees
26 states have rolled back or ended debt-based license suspensions. Dozens of states and localities have eliminated justice system fees.
Check us out ➡️ @finesandfeesjc.bsky.social!
#FreeToDrive #EndJusticeFees
February 6, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Hell yes. Thankfully, we've been making progress steadily for years.
26 states have rolled back or ended debt-based license suspensions. Dozens of states and localities have eliminated justice system fees.
Check us out ➡️ @finesandfeesjc.bsky.social!
#FreeToDrive #EndJusticeFees
26 states have rolled back or ended debt-based license suspensions. Dozens of states and localities have eliminated justice system fees.
Check us out ➡️ @finesandfeesjc.bsky.social!
#FreeToDrive #EndJusticeFees
🚨breaking news🚨 from @finesandfeesjc.bsky.social.
#Mississippi's HB 289 - attempted rollback of groundbreaking #FreeToDrive law: dead.
#Arizona's HB 2265 - potentially historic #EndJusticeFees legislation - passed unanimously out of committee.
Years of work. Big wins.
Onwards.
#Mississippi's HB 289 - attempted rollback of groundbreaking #FreeToDrive law: dead.
#Arizona's HB 2265 - potentially historic #EndJusticeFees legislation - passed unanimously out of committee.
Years of work. Big wins.
Onwards.
February 4, 2026 at 6:58 PM
🚨breaking news🚨 from @finesandfeesjc.bsky.social.
#Mississippi's HB 289 - attempted rollback of groundbreaking #FreeToDrive law: dead.
#Arizona's HB 2265 - potentially historic #EndJusticeFees legislation - passed unanimously out of committee.
Years of work. Big wins.
Onwards.
#Mississippi's HB 289 - attempted rollback of groundbreaking #FreeToDrive law: dead.
#Arizona's HB 2265 - potentially historic #EndJusticeFees legislation - passed unanimously out of committee.
Years of work. Big wins.
Onwards.
#Monday for the National #Advocacy Team at @finesandfeesjc.bsky.social is prepping: #EndJusticeFees testimony in #Arizona; kickass opposition statement to prevent #FreeToDrive rollbacks in #Mississippi; powerful speech to #NewYork legislators to support #EndPredatoryFeesAct.
So proud of this team.
So proud of this team.
February 2, 2026 at 4:14 PM
#Monday for the National #Advocacy Team at @finesandfeesjc.bsky.social is prepping: #EndJusticeFees testimony in #Arizona; kickass opposition statement to prevent #FreeToDrive rollbacks in #Mississippi; powerful speech to #NewYork legislators to support #EndPredatoryFeesAct.
So proud of this team.
So proud of this team.