A new Kansas law withheld information from the public in a recent Linn County criminal case, raising concerns about the ...

A district court judge in Deer Lodge County denied last week a motion by a group of Montana media organizations that sought to access court records related to Michael Brown’s alleged killing of four ...

Illinois will begin a process to automatically seal criminal records for millions of adults in the state, after Gov. JB Pritzker signed the ‘Clean Slate’ Act on Friday. Critics objected to the ...

This summary was written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story. CHICAGO — Over 1.7 million Illinois adults will be eligible to have their nonviolent criminal records automatically ...

An estimated 2 million Illinois residents who’ve served their sentences for nonviolent offenses will become eligible to have their state criminal records automatically sealed from public view ...

Over 1.7 million Illinois adults will be eligible to have their nonviolent criminal records automatically sealed after Gov. JB Pritzker on Friday signed the long-debated “Clean Slate” Act. House Bill ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Some government watchdogs are warning a newly-filed bill looking to change Oklahoma’s Open Records Act could make it harder to keep taxpayers informed about how their tax ...

CHICAGO -- Over 1.7 million Illinois adults will be eligible to have their nonviolent criminal records automatically sealed after Gov. JB Pritzker on Friday signed the long-debated "Clean Slate" Act.

Re: “Rainbow steps stay, and Dallas keeps its soul — Landmark Commission had no choice but to say ‘Amen’ to Oak Lawn UMC,“ by Robert Wilonsky, Wednesday Opinion. When power demanded that Texas cities ...

Authorities are holding the man accused of killing a Ravenscroft teacher in the Wake County Detention Center. Given Ryan Camacho’s 20-year criminal history in Durham and Wake counties, it leads to the ...

Like their predecessors in Chicago and North Carolina, the federal government’s south Louisiana immigration sweeps set out to arrest violent criminals. Since the operation started, officials have ...