Adult shelter applicants must disclose their criminal histories and agree to a Criminal Offender Record Information, or CORI, ...

All adults seeking shelter in the state's emergency assistance program must receive a criminal background check before ...

Governor Maura Healey on Friday placed additional restrictions on the state's emergency shelter system, including lowering ...

A bill that would have prohibited background checks from containing criminal records under expungement was blocked by ...

Washington’s HB 1747 may change hiring laws, delaying background checks, restricting criminal record use, and increasing penalties. Learn how it could impact employers.

Gov. Maura Healey reduced the cap on the number of families allowed in the state-run shelter system by 1,700 and released regulations that require applicants to the program to consent to a local ...

Healey said the changes “empower our team to keep families, staff and communities safe by enhancing our criminal background check process and disqualifying anyone who has been convicted of a ...

BOSTON — All adults seeking shelter in the state's emergency assistance program must receive a criminal background check before accessing benefits under new action by the Healey administration ...

Ned Brady Hansen was sworn in as Tremonton fire chief in 2023, when city council members put their confidence in him, and he ...

MECKLENBURG COUNTY, N.C. — State lawmakers may enhance background checks in response to a controversy in Mecklenburg County.

Despite being required by state law to do so, a spokesperson for the Department of Children's Services says that Chatt Prep ...