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Criminal records checks help to safeguard security, safety, and health of employees, students, and others as well as the assets and resources of the University. These checks are part of the University ...

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Criminal background checks are sometimes seen as the cornerstone of workplace safety. These audits show felony and misdemeanor convictions, pending criminal cases and incarceration history as an adult ...

Criminal-record screening has become a pillar of life in the digital age. Employers, landlords and consumers have dozens of background-check companies to choose from to search for information about an ...

The Fair Chance for Housing Act, passed by the City Council Wednesday, will limit the extent to which landlords, real estate brokers and other entities can factor in past convictions when considering ...

Three mass shootings within a week of each other ­- at a festival in California, a Walmart in Texas, and a bar in Ohio - thrust gun control laws into the Democratic presidential primary in late July ...

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Mikhail Arroyo had made it out of the coma, but he was still frail when his mother, Carmen, tried to move him in with her. The months had been taxing: Mikhail was severely injured in a devastating ...

The ride-hailing giant’s background check process was intended to speed drivers onto its network while keeping costs down, ...