SPRINGFIELD — The “Clean Slate” Act, which could have sealed thousands and potentially millions of nonviolent criminal records in Illinois, had bipartisan support but failed to pass in the final ...

Connecticut has erased tens of thousands of low-level criminal convictions over the last few days under it’s Clean Slate law. It's been a long time coming — the erasures were supposed to happen more ...

CHICAGO — Nearly 2.2 million people in Illinois might see eligible criminal records sealed following passage of the ‘Clean Slate’ Act during last week’s veto session. The bill would require law ...

As faith leaders and directly affected Illinoisans, we believe in the sacred right of every person to work, provide for their family and live with dignity. In religious terms, we would say that we ...

Long-sought legislation that would accelerate the sealing of many criminal convictions from employers now sits on Gov. JB Pritzker’s desk, positioning Illinois to join roughly a dozen states that have ...

Illinois passed the "Clean Slate" Act, which would automatically seal eligible criminal records for nearly 2.2 million people. The bill excludes serious violent crimes, DUIs, and sexual violence ...

A legislative act that could have sealed thousands and potentially millions of non-violent criminal records in Illinois had bipartisan support but failed to pass in the final flurry of legislative ...