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After years of opposition to any form of marijuana legalization in Wisconsin, Republican lawmakers are now working privately to build support for a medical cannabis program that could win bipartisan backing and be enacted into law later this year, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos told The Associated Press on Thursday.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) – When Illinois passed the law legalizing marijuana in the state, Governor Pritzker promised to clear the criminal records of those with minor offenses on their record. Since that law was signed, more than 780,000 people with minor, non-conviction cannabis offenses have gotten their records expunged. Once you include the people convicted […]

New Leaf utilizing $1.3 million in legal aid to remove Illinois cannabis convictions

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (IRN) -- An Illinois non profit is offering taxpayer funded legal services to get cannabis arrests and convictions cleared from individual's

New Leaf utilizing $1.3 million in legal aid to remove Illinois cannabis convictions

(The Center Square) – An Illinois non profit is offering taxpayer-funded legal services to get cannabis arrests and convictions cleared from individual’s records. New Leaf Illinois utilizes nearly $1.3 million in taxpay...

An effort to spread the word comes on the heels of President Joseph Biden’s executive order that will pardon those of federal simple cannabis possession.

A list of resources for formally incarcarated people and the organizations working to support them. 

April 20, or 4/20, is a day that many people associate with smoking weed, which has been legal in Illinois since January 2020. This year, lawyers across Illinois are using the “holiday” to help people convicted of cannabis crimes get a fresh start.

April 20, or 4/20, is a day that many people associate with smoking weed, which has been legal in Illinois since January 2020. This year, lawyers across Illinois are using the “holiday” to help people convicted of cannabis crimes get a fresh start.