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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 public view went into effect in the last week. The state's limited access law allows people convicted of certain misdemeanor crimes to ask a court to have their records sealed. While law enforcement will still have access to the records, they'll disappear from public online databases — like the ones most employers use while conducting background checks on potential hires. Lawyers say the change will remove a roadblock for clients who have been haunted by a minor conviction that they've had to explain over and over again while searching for a job...
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...
Criminal history checks for Santa? Security experts say it's common practice
December 12, 2016 - Security experts and members of the Michigan Association of Professional Santas (MAPS) say it's not irrational to do criminal background checks...
Pennsylvania Has New Criminal Record Sealing Law
December 09, 2016 - Gov. Tom Wolf has reminded Pennsylvanians that Act 5 of 2016 is now in effect, which expands criminal record sealing for many low-level misdemeanor...
Obama finalizes regulation to ‘ban the box’ on hiring job applicants with criminal records
December 08, 2016 - The Obama administration finalized a regulation Wednesday to prevent the federal government from asking job applicants about criminal records until...
State-Approved Background Checks For Uber And Lyft Drivers To Start In January
December 06, 2016 - Uber and Lyft drivers will need to pass state-approved criminal background checks by April if they want to continue driving in Massachusetts. &...
There Aren’t 2 To 3 Million Undocumented Immigrants With Criminal Records For Trump To Deport
December 02, 2016 - Donald Trump wants to immediately deport 2 million to 3 million undocumented immigrants with criminal records. One problem: There almost certainly...
Uber Says It Will Begin To Accept Drivers In Connecticut With Minor Criminal Records
November 30, 2016 - Car-hailing service Uber Technologies is changing its screening requirements to allow some people with nonviolent criminal convictions to drive for...
Las Vegas gun shops want guidance on expanded background checks
November 28, 2016 - Las Vegas gun shops are looking for guidance after Nevada voters approved a ballot question extending firearm background check requirements. &n...
Criminal Background Checks: What's Legal for Employers?
November 25, 2016 - In the hiring process, many employers conduct reference and background checks to make sure they really know the person they're bringing into th...
Where background checks matter most
November 18, 2016 - Background screening is arguably one of the most essential steps in human resource management and staff recruitment today. They assist with improvi...
Maine vote on firearm background checks unsettled late Tuesday
November 17, 2016 - A fiercely fought effort in Maine to expand background checks on gun sales continued late into Tuesday. At 11:15 p.m., opponents of the ballot ques...
FBI says South Carolina serial killer bought guns without a background check
November 16, 2016 - The FBI says a South Carolina serial killer bought his stock of guns and ammunition without a background check. Don Wood, an agency...
Question 3 for expanded gun background checks fails
November 15, 2016 - Votes Vote % % No 392,701 52%...
Fix on way for Ohio's broken criminal-background check system
November 10, 2016 - The office of Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine has awarded a $10.8 million contract to replace the state’s broken criminal background-check...
Background checks up in states voting on gun-related ballot measures
November 08, 2016 - Firearms background checks were up in four states the month before voters there will consider ballot initiatives that would set stricter standards...
Record Number of Gun Background Checks Before Election
November 08, 2016 - Government data show the number of people looking for gun permits is surging before Election Day — the 18th straight month of record numbers,...
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