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Minnesota Sets 1-Month Record For Gun Background Checks
March 06, 2017 - The state of Minnesota has set a new record for the number of criminal background checks for gun buyers in one month. According to the FBI, there were more than 85,000 criminal background checks last month. That’s a jump of nearly 35,000 checks from January of last year, a 40 percent increase. “We’re seeing a lot of first-time buyers as well as people who have never bought a handgun before are buying,” said Dean Capra. Capra, owner of Capra’s Outdoors Sporting Goods, says he is seeing a steady flow of people coming to his store in Blaine to buy a gun. “It seems to me I see a lot more women coming in to buy guns, handguns specifically,” C...
The Difference Between Criminal Charges In Massachusetts Superior Court And Criminal Charges In Dist
March 03, 2017 - Criminal cases in district court begin with an application for a "complaint" that is filed by the police, private indiv...
New Research Suggest Ways To Improve Ban-The-Box Employment Policies
March 02, 2017 - New research suggests a policy to remove a checkbox on job applications that requires upfront disclosure of felony convictions should be accompanie...
Wary of ‘federal bullying,’ Idaho House kills FBI background check bill
March 02, 2017 - The Idaho House on Monday killed legislation allowing FBI background checks on certain state employees. The bill’s sponsor war...
UW system may consider criminal background checks for students
February 24, 2017 - A proposed policy change could mean UW-schools will start requiring criminal background checks before admitting students. Wisconsin...
Senate clears rollback of background-check rule for president's signature
February 22, 2017 - The Senate voted Wednesday to overturn a rule barring gun ownership for some who have been deemed mentally impaired, clearing the measure for Presi...
Indiana Trial Court Documents Free And Online Through Odyssey
February 21, 2017 - A wide range of Indiana trial court documents will soon be available online for free through the state's case management system, Odyssey, at my...
States, Counties, Cities, Your Government Sells Off Public Access To Private Contractors
February 17, 2017 - Tom MacWright, a software engineer who cycles to work in Washington, D.C., would be breezing along 14th Street NW when he suddenly would fin...
Kane County, IL Adding DOB's To Search Results
February 14, 2017 - Kane County's newly launched Odyssey Case Management System is helping the county's entire judicial process — from the start o...
Hopkinsville Joins ‘Ban The Box’ Effort for Criminal Records on Applications
February 14, 2017 - The City of Hopkinsville is following Governor Matt Bevin's lead removing questions about criminal convictions from job applications. ...
Shelby Court To Get New Justice Information System
February 09, 2017 - Shelby County, Tenn., plans a major change to the computer system that tracks information about criminal cases. ...
Texas Court Clerks Wary Of Single, Statewide Access To Records
February 09, 2017 - Texas clerks of court are at odds with the state over its plan to implement a statewide online access system for court records, to be run by...
Colorado education department asks thousands of educators for new criminal background checks
February 08, 2017 - About 3,000 Colorado school district employees have been or will be told they must get new criminal background checks after a routine FBI audit fou...
Lawmakers eye background check expansion for teachers
February 06, 2017 - Indiana lawmakers are proposing a significant expansion of background checks on school employees during this year's legislative session. &n...
The Background Bar Is Rising
February 03, 2017 - One of the toughest things in HR is only getting tougher. Changing rules and growing risks mean employers must work harder to keep up with rising s...
Civil Rights Group Concerned Amazon Policy on Background Checks May Harm Minority Drivers
February 02, 2017 - The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice has sent a letter to Amazon that expresses “profound concern” over r...
Ohio Paying Nearly $11 Million to Replace Criminal Background Check System
February 01, 2017 - The office of Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine has awarded a $10.8 million contract using money allocated by lawmakers in the state capital budget...
OK Co. Court Clerk To Preserve First Official Criminal Records
January 27, 2017 - The Oklahoma County court clerk is working to preserve the county’s early indictment records from more than a hundred years ago. The effo...
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