New Yorkers with criminal convictions would have those records shielded from public view under a renewed state bill meant to open job and housing opportunities for them. The Clean Slate Act would ...

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 flurry of ...

Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Clean Slate Act into law today, nearly six months after the legislation was passed by New York State lawmakers. When the Clean Slate Act goes into effect one year from ...

Lawmakers and advocates from the Live Free Illinois coalition rally on the steps of the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield on April 10 in support of a bill to seal certain criminal records. The ...

LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. — A clinic in Luzerne County on Tuesday provided information on how to expunge or seal court records. The event was held at Mohegan Pennsylvania in Plains Township. Pennsylvania's ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — The Illinois Senate passed a bill on Wednesday that would automatically seal criminal records for people convicted of crimes not considered “serious.” House Bill 1836, also ...

Former New York Gov. David Paterson on Sunday threw cold water on the state’s Clean Slate Act — saying the controversial bill to automatically seal most criminal records after ex-cons serve their ...