Illinois wipes clean records of marijuana arrests

CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has announced the forgiveness and expungement of about half a million criminal cannabis cases. Pritzker said Thursday he issued pardons for 9,210 low-level cannabis convictions, while Illinois State Police have wiped clean more than 492,000 non-felony cannabis-related arrest records. The actions by Pritzker and…