James A. Burns, Jr. has posted a new article on Forbes.com

Illinois has joined the quickly growing number of states and cities (including Massachusetts, Minnesota, Rhode Island, Hawaii, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle, Baltimore, Newark and Buffalo) that have passed “ban the box” legislation—so named based on the box found on most employment applications asking whether an applicant has ever been convicted of a crime.

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