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• Senators Try to Include Background Checks In Human Trafficking Bill

  March 16, 2015 - If the anti-human-trafficking legislation moving through the U.S. Senate eventually gets a vote, it will likely include provisions to beef up background checks for school employees.   But those provisions probably won't come from an amendment offered by Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., who has been pushing the issue and his bill, the Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act, for years.   Education groups, including the two national teachers' unions and AASA, the School Superintendents Association, and a slew of civil rights groups, have been lobbying senators all week to oppose Toomey's proposal and instead support a background check amendment from Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn.  ...

• Criminal background checks create dilemma for employers

  March 16, 2015 - Employers are struggling to deal with vague U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission guidelines on how they should conduct criminal background...

• Tougher criminal background checks on teachers

  March 13, 2015 -   U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey is calling on his colleagues to pass legislation that would require federal and state background checks for all sch...

• Idaho panel OKs state-funded teacher background check fee

  March 12, 2015 - A Senate panel has endorsed a plan for taxpayers to pick up a $150,000 tab in background checks for Idaho teachers and other school employees....

• Lawrence considering criminal background checks for taxi drivers

  March 11, 2015 - Taxi cab drivers in Lawrence may soon have to pass a criminal background check before they can operate in Lawrence.   A majority of ci...

• Albuquerque police to run monthly checks on officers

  March 11, 2015 - The Albuquerque Police Department will be checking every month to see if any of their officers are wanted.   Police spokeswoman Celina...

• Tighter background checks might have spared lives

  March 10, 2015 - The murder of three young adults in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, is not only deplorable but was probably avoidable if strong background checks had...

• Debate over universal background checks for firearms sales grows

  March 10, 2015 - The gun control debate continues as U.S. lawmakers announce legislation to implement universal background checks on all gun sales.   I...

• Sexual assault treatment center requires victim background check

  March 09, 2015 - SANE is a nonprofit clinic at the Family Advocacy Center downtown. Representatives from APD sit on the SANE board.   Victims can get a...

• Employees at Pennsylvania colleges and universities are now subject to mandatory background checks

  March 06, 2015 - Effective December 31, 2014, the Pennsylvania Child Protective Services Law (CPSL) now includes institutions of higher education (“colleges&r...

• High unemployment and hard-to-fill jobs

  March 06, 2015 - A year ago, our region was close to double-digit unemployment. Today, many of the long-term unemployed have fallen off the rolls, we have lower une...

• New York Adds Attorney Disciplinary Records to Online Database

  March 06, 2015 - It’s gotten easier to find out if an attorney practicing in New York has been publicly censured or suspended.   New York’s...

• Lawmakers reintroduce background checks for gun sales

  March 05, 2015 - Lawmakers will introduce new gun safety legislation Tuesday expanding background checks to prevent criminals and people who are mentally ill from b...

• Background checks not mandatory in Sunbury

  March 05, 2015 - Background checks are not required for landlords to rent to potential tenants in Sunbury, and while they are highly recommended, compiling a comple...

• How gun trusts let people skip background checks

  March 04, 2015 - There's a simple way people can bypass current gun regulations. By creating a gun trust, gun enthrusiasts can obtain some of the most regulated...

• No solution yet for background checks on ammo sales

  March 03, 2015 - Two years after passage of the NY Safe Act, state officials still have no immediate plans to implement a background check on ammunition sales, the...

• TEA faults Dallas ISD for poor background check process

  March 03, 2015 - The Texas Education Agency has found violations in Dallas ISD’s background check process and recommends appointing a monitor to ensure proced...

• Massachusetts to start screening high school referees for criminal records

  March 02, 2015 - Does your kid’s ref have a rap sheet?   The organization that governs interscholastic athletics in Massachusetts is about to fin...