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• Forum aims to help young fathers with criminal records get back on their feet

  May 18, 2015 - The Indiana Healthy Marriage and Family Coalition is holding monthly forms to help young fathers get back on their feet. Tuesday night’s forum is called “Breaking the Cycle of Incarceration.” According to statistics from the Indiana Department of Correction gathered in 2008, 49 percent of people were unemployed, after being released from jail in 2005.   Out of those people, 42 percent of them committed another crime and went back to jail. The recidivism rate in Indiana is a concern for Pastor John Girton Jr. He’s the Executive Director of The Indiana Healthy Marriage and Family Coalition.   “It’s open to anyone in the community who has some challenges or has some issues, may h...

• State solicits ideas for fixing criminal-background checks

  May 18, 2015 - The office of Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine is taking the first step toward replacing its antiquated criminal background-check system, an upgra...

• Thousands of criminals hold Texas real estate licenses

  May 18, 2015 - Would you hand your house keys over to a convicted criminal?   The KHOU 11 I-Team discovered that's exactly what thousands of Texa...

• Expanded background checks on guns, though imperfect, make sense

  May 15, 2015 - Guns may be good, but keeping them out of the wrong hands is even better. That's why the Oregon Legislature should bring three years of off-and...

• Recipients of Food Stamps, Unemployment may Face Drug Testing

  May 14, 2015 - Two new bills introduced in the state Assembly would require drug testing for some individuals receiving public benefits like food stamps and unemp...

• A solid cyberpreparedness plan

  May 14, 2015 - Small businesses with large customers have emerged as a growing ID theft and data breach target as cybercriminals realize that many small business...

• Uber Shuts Down In Kansas Because Of Stricter Background Checks

  May 13, 2015 - Uber has cut off operations in Kansas after the state legislature overrode the Governor’s veto of a bill that would impose tighter background...

• Senate OKs Sealing More Criminal Records

  May 13, 2015 - The criminal records of some one-time offenders who stay out of further trouble would automatically be sealed and unsearchable by the general publi...

• Nonprofits and emergency responders say background check costs are crippling

  May 12, 2015 - Local emergency responders and nonprofit organizations say they support recent laws designed to prevent child abuse, but they’re finding the...

• Flaws In State Background Checks Include Child Endangerment Cases

  May 12, 2015 - 10 Investigates uncovered how Ohio's criminal background check system is letting criminals slip through the cracks - providing families and law...

• Manchester to Uber: Drivers must have background checks

  May 12, 2015 - The Board of Mayor and Aldermen has voted to give an ultimatum to the ride-hailing company Uber: arrange state background checks for your drivers w...

• Lawmakers Call Ohio Background Check System 'A Scandal'

  May 08, 2015 - 10 Investigates, joined by the Columbus Dispatch, uncovered holes and problems with Ohio Criminal Background Check system earlier this month. &...

• Background Checks Vital

  May 08, 2015 - School systems use Ohio's criminal background check system to ensure they are not hiring someone who may be a danger to children. Police office...

• Baxter Announces LA Court Search Price Increase

  May 06, 2015 - LA Court Search Increase   Well, California giveth and California taketh away.   No sooner did we shed the court search f...

• New rules require all who work with children to have background check

  May 05, 2015 - Anyone who works with children at youth skills programs in New Hampshire must undergo a criminal background check under new rules in effect this ye...

• Massachusetts District Court Record Searches

  May 05, 2015 - Massachusetts District Court Record Searches   The Massachusetts District Court record keeping system is ok for keeping records. &...

• UI faculty wary of new background-check policy

  May 04, 2015 - A policy set to take effect this summer requiring background checks for all new University of Illinois employees has prompted pushback from UI facu...

• Gun enthusiasts warily watch as Oregon background check bill nears final passage

  May 04, 2015 - Karl Durkheimer is warily eyeing the new background check bill nearing final passage in the Oregon Legislature.   Durkheimer, co-owner...