October 21, 2014 | St. Petersburg, FL | St. Pete Proposes "Ban the Box" Policy St. Pete Mayor Rick Kriseman is on a roll trying to improve economic conditions for some of the city's poorest neighborhoods. Beginning Jan. 1, St. Pete will join nearly 70 other cities in "banning the box."


October 21, 2014 | Maryland | Prince George's Bill Would Bar Criminal Conviction Questions The Prince George‟s County Council is considering a bill that would restrict employers from inquiring about an applicant‟s criminal record early in the hiring process.


October 21, 2014 | Tucson, AZ | City Officials Remove Important Question from Application The city of Tucson wants its hiring process to be fair, to not discourage anyone from applying for a job online, and it is doing this by removing a question from the process.


October 23, 2014 | Washington | A Plan to Cut Costs and Crime Washington‟s City Council approved legislation that forbids asking about criminal history on most job applications, a step being considered by Georgia, Michigan and New York, among others.


October 24, 2014 | South Bend, IN | Councilwoman Wants to Make it Easier for Ex-cons A South Bend Common Council member wants to make it easier for people with criminal records to find jobs. Valerie Schey is proposing tax incentives for companies that "Ban the Box."


November 2014 | Nationwide | Statewide Ban the Box Reducing Unfair Barriers to Employment Nationwide, over 50 cities and counties have now taken the critical step of removing unfair barriers to employment in their hiring policies.


November 04, 2014 | Jackson, MS | Jackson, Mississippi Council Push to Ban the Box Mayor Tony Yarber announced that the city would look to end the practice of asking about applicants' criminal records and to encourage public and private employers to do the same.


November 07, 2014 | Wyandotte County, KS | Felon Check Box to be Removed It'll soon be easier for convicted felons to get jobs in Wyandotte County. The box on a job application that asks if the applicant has been convicted of a crime will now be gone from applications.


November 13, 2014 | Tampa, FL | Tampa Considers Extending 'Ban the Box' to City Vendors The City Council wants to explore the idea of requiring companies that sell the city goods or services to ban the box, too.


November 13, 2014 | Harrisburg, PA | Harrisburg Explores Removing Questions Applications Harrisburg City Council members are exploring "Ban the Box" legislation that would remove questions about criminal history from employment applications for city jobs.


November 14, 2014 | Columbia, MO | 'Ban the box' More Complicated Than We Thought What began as a simple-sounding idea proposed by the Mayor‟s Task Force on Community Violence has become a larger issue evoking mixed reactions from the business community.


November 15, 2014 | Chattanooga, TN | NAACP Seeks to Strike Criminal Record Questions The local branch of the NAACP has launched an effort to prohibit employers from asking about a job applicant's criminal background.


November 17, 2014 | Philadelphia, PA | From Criminal Record to Clean Slate Philadelphia residents seeking expungement say they‟re denied jobs and housing over crimes they often didn‟t commit.


November 17, 2014 | Minnesota | New 'Ban the Box' Law Tripping up Minnesota Employers “Ban the box” sounded like a simple concept. But some of the state‟s marquee employers fumbled the new law.


November 18, 2014 | Rochester, NY | Rochester Issues FAQs on “Ban the Box” Ordinance Rochester recently posted FAQs highlighting key provisions of the city‟s “ban the box” ordinance.


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