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New Pennsylvania state law requires school volunteers to obtain background checks
February 20, 2015 - New state regulations requiring volunteers in both public and private schools to get criminal and child abuse background clearances could lead to a drop off in volunteers, mostly due to the cost. Under amendments to the state Child Protective Services law, all teachers, staff, administrators, contractors and volunteers who come into contact with students must obtain criminal background check and child abuse clearances from the FBI, Pennsylvania State Police and Department of Human Services every 36 months, effective Dec. 31, 2014. The new rules are based on recommendations from a Task Force on Child Protection established by the state Legislature after the Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse scandal. ...
Lawsuit filed against new gun background check law
February 19, 2015 - OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Opponents of a new expanded gun background check measure in Washington state are asking a federal judge to block parts of the...
Pennsylvania weighs open records access fee
February 18, 2015 - Allegheny County receives about 750 open records requests a year. About 200 are from prison inmates and 150 from commercial entities...
FBI redacts Public Records requests
February 17, 2015 - Everyone knows how the NSA can intercept our personal information, from account numbers and Internet history to phone passwords. But...
Walsh administration slow to release public records
February 17, 2015 - The administration of Mayor Martin J. Walsh, who vowed to increase transparency at City Hall, took more than two months to respond to a request for...
Nevada Senate upholds governor's gun background check veto
February 16, 2015 - CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — The Nevada Senate has upheld Gov. Brian Sandoval's 2013 veto of a bill that would have expanded background check...
Yakima County may alter rules regarding background checks of job seekers
February 16, 2015 - Yakima County commissioners are reviewing whether to change county policies regarding background checks of job applicants following the arrest of a...
New background check policy in effect in Pennsylvania
February 13, 2015 - In October of 2014, the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives and State Senate approved House Bill 435 to strengthen background checks on fac...
New NC rule on police body camera videos coming
February 12, 2015 - A new state body camera video rule, spurred in part by conflict over Asheville police taping public events, is on its way. Whether t...
Lawmaker pushes for background checks on high school referees
February 12, 2015 - Sports referees who officiate games in Massachusetts high schools would be subject to criminal background checks under proposed legislation on Beac...
Juvenile cases create complicated issues
February 11, 2015 - The public story of youth crime in Texas is an incomplete one, in part because juvenile records are sealed by law. Lorenzo Martinez,...
FBI Confirms Lack of Criminal Background Checks for Airport Employees
February 11, 2015 - US airports do not check the criminal history of their employees, the FBI's Deputy Assistant Director of Counterterrorism Gary Perdue confirmed...
Effort to reduce background check wait times fails
February 10, 2015 - Colorado Senate Republicans on Thursday shot down an attempt to reduce wait times on background checks related to concealed-carry permits. &nbs...
Gov. Bruce Rauner issued marijuana licenses before FBI background check
February 10, 2015 - Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner awarded licenses this week to 70 medical marijuana businesses before out-of-state criminal background checks could be do...
Mecklenburg to put records online for Greg Hardy and Randall Kerrick cases
February 09, 2015 - Those interested in Greg Hardy’s upcoming domestic abuse trial will soon be able to follow along from home. For the first time...
$125k to pay for online county records, WiFi at courthouse
February 06, 2015 - Northumberland County will invest $125,000 for technology upgrades providing online access to court records and enabling WiFi Internet access at th...
Polygraph tests controversial but still used
February 06, 2015 - Despite arguments surrounding polygraph use and accuracy, the tests are still administered by police departments across the country, and locally, i...
Local company offers fast drug screenings
February 05, 2015 - While many companies require pre-employment drug testing, the results often take days to get back. But a Houma company is getting re...
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