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There have been other extensions in the past particularly during surges in COVID-19 cases. The pandemic prompted White’s office to require appointments for behind-the-wheel road tests as well as acquiring driver’s licenses, ID cards and Real IDs — the federal identification card that was pushed following the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

“The whole birth of CAYTA is about getting the kids out of their heads and into the world, so they can learn and grow,” Dyer said. “In that, we found kids that had never seen the Chicago River. We take certain things for granted. But if the parent is working all the time, when does the parent get to take the youth to the theater, to explore these different things? This is the life that I was able to share with my own kids, grandkids, so I said let’s bring this to the community, so these kids can have options because that’s all it’s about, options.”

In this March 22, 2013, photo, the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building is seen in Washington. The IRS is announcing plans to hire 10,000 new workers to help reduce a massive backlog that the Biden administration says will make this tax season the most challenging in history. (Susan Walsh/AP)

“(The calculation was), what is the outcome that we see? What does accountability look like? Is he going to plead guilty or not? If he’s not going to plead guilty – he never pled guilty. He took it all the way to the mat without admitting guilt,” she said. “… He’s lost his job, lost his credibility, has become a laughingstock, in the public sphere he’s being held to account. And I think, looking at the case, and evaluating what was happening at the time, that’s the judgment that they made.”