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New law would require background checks for masseuses
January 17, 2017 - Massage therapists may soon need to submit their fingerprints and get a criminal background check to get a license in Idaho. Massage therapists do their work “behind closed doors, with clients in a state of undress,” Mitch Toryanski, lawyer for the Idaho Bureau of Occupational Licenses, told the House Health and Welfare Committee. Therefore, he said, the Idaho Board of Massage Therapy, which is requesting the change, believes it is important to know if massage therapist have “a history of criminal conduct, particularly for sex crimes.” There are 2,179 licensed massage therapists in Idaho now, with an average of 280 new applicants a year. Toryanski said it would cost Ida...
Study finds one fifth of gun owners obtain firearms without background check
January 16, 2017 - Twenty-two percent of gun owners who reported obtaining their most recent gun in the last two years did so without a criminal history background ch...
Poll: Utahns support deporting undocumented immigrants with criminal records
January 13, 2017 - An overwhelming majority of Utahns want President-elect Donald Trump to keep his promise to deport undocumented immigrants who have criminal record...
Universal background check debate returns to statehouse
January 12, 2017 - Dozens of supporters of legislation that would require background checks on sales of all firearms in Vermont gathered in the Statehouse on Tuesday....
Uber, Lyft Ridesharing Hits Chicago Taxi Business Hard
January 11, 2017 - The total number of licensed cabdrivers in Chicago is nearly 9,500 -- the lowest in a decade -- while the average value of a taxi medallion require...
About one-fifth of gun buyers don't get background checks
January 09, 2017 - About one in five gun owners in the U.S. said they purchased a firearm in the previous two years without undergoing a background check, according t...
Background checks for daycare centers begin with a finger print
January 06, 2017 - “We try to make things as safe as possible for children so the parents can be ensured there's a safe environment there,” said Tom S...
EEOC Settles Lawsuit Over Record Keeping of Criminal Background Checks
January 05, 2017 - A nationwide provider of janitorial and facilities management services will adopt significant changes to its record-keeping practices related to th...
Nevada's voter-OK'ed gun background checks blocked
January 03, 2017 - The expansion of gun background checks approved by Nevada voters last month will not happen as expected, based on an opinion released Wednesday by...
Florida Bill Seeks to Avoid Juvenile Criminal Records
December 30, 2016 - A new bill could help some juveniles in Florida avoid criminal records. If passed, it would require law enforcement to issue civil c...
States with background checks less likely to have gun violence in schools
December 28, 2016 - School shootings used to happen about once a year. Between 2013 and 2015, however, a shooting occurred on average once a week in the U.S. ...
Maryland Uber riders rejoice: the ride-sharing giant isn’t going anywhere anytime soon.
December 26, 2016 - Less than a month after Uber threatened to leave this state if it upheld a fingerprint-based background check requirement, state regulators said Th...
NYCHA Stops Discriminating Against New Yorkers With Criminal Records
December 22, 2016 - Because he had a criminal record, he was barred from living with his wife and sons in the St. Nicholas Houses in Harlem, and the New York City Hous...
State records: Birmingham City Schools knew about employee's criminal history when hired
December 20, 2016 - A Birmingham City Schools employee recently busted for multiple crimes has a lengthy criminal history – and now, state records reveal that th...
Can gun background checks help prevent school shootings?
December 19, 2016 - The chance a child will get shot at school is significantly lower if their state has mandatory background checks, according to a study released Wed...
New Pennsylvania law hides some criminal records from prying eyes
December 16, 2016 - Putting the folly of your misspent youth behind you just got easier in Pennsylvania as a new law designed to hide old, minor criminal records from...
Don't Be Fooled By Background Check Data, Growth Will Slow For Gunmakers
December 14, 2016 - Black Friday may have pulled gun sales forward as the firearms industry corrects to a more normalized growth trajectory. Gun buyers...
San Antonio "Bans the Box," Won't Ask About Criminal History On City Job Applications
December 13, 2016 - When District 4 Councilman Rey Saldaña campaigned for reelection in 2013, he kept running into the same roadblock: Many of his Southwest Sid...
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