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Hefty price tag for replacing Ohio’s background check system
April 04, 2016 - Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine’s proposed replacement of the state’s computerized criminal background check system comes with a hefty price tag. Five bids ranging from $5.97 million to $17.72 million have been submitted to replace the hardware and software of the Bureau of Criminal Investigation’s system, The Columbus Dispatch reported (http://bit.ly/1Shz8Gb). The system was described by DeWine employees as “cobbled together” and “running on borrowed time.” It was reported last year that the system incorrectly returned results of clean records for some individuals to employers. Other issues included convictions not flowing into the system for months...
Ordinance would delay background checks for job applicants
April 01, 2016 - Austin City Council is set to make a decision Thursday that could improve the chances of an ex-offender getting a job. The Fair Chance Hiring Ordin...
Uber to Leave Third Texas City Over Background Check Laws
March 31, 2016 - In what has become a familiar move for Uber, the vehicle-for-hire company announced Wednesday it will cease operations in Corpus Christi, pointing...
Virginia Tech Shooting Survivor Backs Maine Gun Background Check Proposal
March 30, 2016 - A survivor of the Virginia Tech shooting is sharing his story in hopes of garnering support for a firearms background check proposal set to appear...
Background check law blocks 50 gun purchases
March 29, 2016 - Records from the FBI reveal the first hard numbers on the impact of Initiative 594, which requires universal background checks for all guns sold in...
Indiana's teacher background checks system lacks safeguards
March 25, 2016 - Six dead pit bulls in plastic bags. Bloody collars. Photographs of dogs strapped down and being forced to breed. Sixteen neglected dogs that were s...
Attorney General's fix to background-check system to cost millions
March 24, 2016 - Replacing the aged criminal background-check system operated by the office of Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine will be a pricey proposition. &...
Fundraiser to aid Memphians looking to expunge criminal records, remove employment barrier
March 22, 2016 - A criminal record is often a barrier to finding a job, a home, student loans and more when people are required to acknowledge they have a criminal...
Researchers to study normally secret juvenile court records
March 18, 2016 - Arizona's state court system is allowing a Washington, D.C.-based research nonprofit to examine data from normally confidential court records t...
Philadelphia Makes it Even Harder for Employers to Conduct Criminal Background Checks
March 16, 2016 - As originally enacted in 2012, Philadelphia’s ban-the-box law applied to employers with at least 10 employees within the city. The law allowe...
HANO unveils rules on allow in tenants with criminal records
March 15, 2016 - It's been nearly three years since the Housing Authority of New Orleans announced its intention to drop barriers keeping residents with crimina...
Public access to criminal records now easier in North Carolina
March 08, 2016 - Public access of criminal records at courthouses across North Carolina is now easier with a modernized search system running in all 100 counties....
HANO unveils rules on allow in tenants with criminal records
March 07, 2016 - It’s been nearly three years since the Housing Authority of New Orleans announced its intention to drop barriers keeping residents with crimi...
Bill to keep juvenile criminal records confidential gains ground
March 02, 2016 - A proposal to keep juvenile criminal records confidential gained early approval Wednesday by a panel of state lawmakers. Lawmakers a...
Gunman who killed 4 had lengthy criminal record
March 01, 2016 - A man who shot three family members, a neighbor and then himself in rural Washington state had an extensive criminal history, including felony char...
New study enumerates barriers to those with criminal records
February 29, 2016 - The Alliance for a Just Society, a nationwide network of social justice organizations, released a study Feb. 23 that enumerated many barriers...
NFL prospects must now go through criminal background check
February 25, 2016 - As the NFL continues to deal with the fallout from the 2014 Ray Rice incident, it is taking steps to limit athletes who have a criminal or domestic...
Pa. Gov. Wolf signs bill allowing minor criminal records to be sealed
February 23, 2016 - New Pennsylvania law gives people a way to ask judges to seal criminal records from public view if they're not more serious than nonviolent mis...
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