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New law tells victims when assailant fails gun background check
May 15, 2017 - Victims with protection orders will soon be notified if their assailant fails a background check for a gun, under a bill Governor Jay Inslee signed this week. Firearms dealers will soon have to report every person who fails a background check to law enforcement within five days; officials would then notify victims with protection orders. As a requirement in House Bill 1501, Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs (WASPC) will create and operate a statewide system to automatically notify victims who have stalking, sexual assault, domestic violence or other court protection orders against someone. The new law goes into effect in July. Background checks screen buyers t...
Ducey OKs Ban on Background Checks for Private Gun Sales
May 12, 2017 - Gov. Doug Ducey has signed legislation that block state and local governments from requiring background checks on private gun sales. ...
Immigration sweep in Florida nets 73 with criminal records
May 10, 2017 - Immigration agents fanned across the state for a week ending Monday and arrested 73 men and women with criminal records, who now face deportation,...
If the governor signs this bill, 2.7 million criminal records vanish from public view
May 08, 2017 - More than 2.7 million criminal records will be sealed and the arrest records of hundreds of thousands of people will be concealed under a bill head...
Florida bill sealing criminal records heading to governor
May 03, 2017 - A bill that allows for the automatic sealing of criminal history records in Florida is heading to the desk of Gov. Rick Scott. The F...
Minors would avoid criminal records for pot possession under new law
April 27, 2017 - The federal government has tailored its highly anticipated marijuana legislation to ensure younger teens don't wind up with criminal records fo...
Bipartisan Effort For Strengthening Criminal Background Checks
April 26, 2017 - A bipartisan group of 167 House Representatives has called for funds to strengthen criminal background checks. Connecticut Congresswoman Elizabeth...
Hundreds of Uber, Lyft drivers win background check appeals
April 25, 2017 - Hundreds of Uber and Lyft drivers may now be able to get their jobs back, after they were originally banned from driving-for-hire. U...
Criminal record Search Prices Fall In Chicago
April 25, 2017 - Straightline International announces the lowest prices in Chicago for criminal record (court) searches. If you have an account with Straightlin...
Rate Of Americans Turned Away At The Border Surges
April 19, 2017 - The rate at which Americans were denied entrance into Canada across the U.S.-Canadian border surged over 31 percent last year, with 30,233 U...
Arrests of illegal criminals jumps 250% in one week
April 18, 2017 - The biggest seizures by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were in Texas, but they made arrests as far north as Wyoming. ...
Idaho Online System Delayed
April 18, 2017 - A new electronic court filing and records system won’t be up and working in Canyon County in April as planned, but when it starts this...
Federal Criminal Prosecutions Fall
April 18, 2017 - After peaking in 2011, the number of federal criminal prosecutions has declined for five consecutive years and is now at its lowest level in...
Gun Stocks Rip As March Posts 10th Highest FBI Background Check Figures
April 14, 2017 - This March boasted the tenth most FBI firearm background checks (2,433,092) of any month in the 19-year history of the National Instant Criminal Ba...
Thousands of current Uber, Lyft drivers fail new background checks
April 13, 2017 - More than 8,000 drivers for ride-hailing companies such as Uber and Lyft have been pulled off Massachusetts roads after failing a new state backgro...
Why Is ICE Arresting So Many People Without Criminal Records In Weird, Liberal Austin?
April 12, 2017 - On the morning of February 9, Juan Martinez got into his car just outside his apartment and prepared to drop off his children at school before head...
Criminal records and airport security are not a good mix
April 11, 2017 - The Senate Transport Committee is right to be concerned about the high number of people with criminal records working in sensitive areas in Austral...
Simplifying How the Courts Seal Criminal Records
April 10, 2017 - New legislation in Pennsylvania would change the now-costly and time-consuming process—and mitigate the employment obstacles people face when...
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