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Alaska House passes bill to remove online court records when charges are dismissed
April 17, 2015 - The Alaska House on Wednesday easily passed a bill to revoke the public’s access to online court records in cases in which charges have been dismissed or a defendant was found not guilty. Last year, former Gov. Sean Parnell vetoed a broader bill that would have also made paper and microfilm records of those cases completely confidential. Parnell said last year’s bill was unnecessarily broad and would have swept cases “under the cloak of confidentiality.” Rep. Tammy Wilson, R-North Pole, sponsored the new measure, House Bill 11, which preserves hard copies of court records but keeps them off an online state database called CourtView. Wilson says she’s heard from pe...
Is expungement of criminal convictions fair for all parties?
April 16, 2015 - After jumping through all the right hoops, a person with old and relatively minor criminal convictions on their record can essentially make t...
Fingerprinting Teachers for Criminal Record
April 16, 2015 - A law put into place last year in Massachusetts was officially put “onto the books” this evening at a Chicopee school committee m...
City Official Hosting Clinic To Help Philadelphians Get Their Criminal Record Expunged
April 15, 2015 - A Philadelphia Councilwoman is hosting an expungement clinic tonight in Germantown for those with a criminal past who are looking for a better futu...
Daycares want more info on background checks
April 14, 2015 - State officials in Oregon said they go through a rigorous process of checking child care providers, but day care managers don’t get all the d...
Houston's background check for cabbies allows ex-cons behind the wheel
April 13, 2015 - The smartphone-based ride-sharing service Uber has been in the news lately, and the news hasn't been good. An Uber driver was ch...
Women's Group Wants Uber, Lyft to Improve Background Checks
April 13, 2015 - The Massachusetts Chapter of the National Organization for Women wants companies like Uber and Lyft to beef up their background checks on drivers....
Ore. committee advances bill expanding background checks
April 09, 2015 - Despite staunch opposition from gun-rights activists, an Oregon Senate committee advanced a proposal Monday that requires background checks before...
City of Houston to fight Uber on background checks
April 08, 2015 - There is a bill that is working its way through the Legislature that would allow transportation network companies, like Uber, to solely be responsi...
East Stroudsburg University did not do background checks on youths
April 08, 2015 - East Stroudsburg University hosted nearly 80 youth camps, some involving overnight stays, that were supervised by adults who did not undergo crimin...
N.J. lawyers, court offices can help expunge criminal records
April 07, 2015 - Everybody makes mistakes. Fortunately for New Jersey residents, help is available for those who need a hand with getting that albatross of a mistak...
Bill before Alaska Legislature would remove some records from online court system
April 07, 2015 - Republican state Rep. Tammie Wilson has proposed legislation that would remove certain criminal cases from the state's online court-records sys...
Oregon Dems introduce gun background checks bill
April 03, 2015 - Oregon Democrats introduced a bill Thursday to require background checks on private firearm sales, setting up a showdown with gun rights advocates...
Helping Expunge an Inaccurate Criminal Record
April 03, 2015 - The Internet is failing 77 million Americans with a criminal record. If you are one of those Americans, you may have been arrested, but never charg...
Changes in effect for child care background checks
April 02, 2015 - Changes in child abuse background clearances resulting from new laws to help further protect children, went into effect on Jan. 1 and state Rep. Aa...
Background checks the right way
April 01, 2015 - A first impression is something that you can never take back. You get one chance to put your best foot forward, and that's it. It can be nerve-...
Minnesota Supremes ponder putting court records online
March 31, 2015 - The Minnesota courts are poised to follow the lead of the federal judiciary by putting vast amounts of individual case records online. &n...
Elaborate background checks underway for Sullivan casino license
March 30, 2015 - Sullivan County waited nearly a half century for a casino, but folks in the show-me county are already wondering what’s taking so long for th...
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