Congress has debated gun legislation for decades with predictable results: impasse, recrimination, and no measurable ...

State lawmakers have passed a bill that could improve Tennessee’s gun background check process through a universal court filing system. The push comes as the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation faces a ...

Background checks for gun purchases are supposed to be quick, but in some parts of the country they are stretching from minutes into days or even weeks. When that happens, you are left in limbo, ...

The City of Columbus and the Ohio Attorney General's office have agreed to a plan to modernize how statewide background checks are conducted. Columbus and Dayton sued the state in 2020 because of ...

The cities of Columbus and Dayton have settled a years-long lawsuit with the state of Ohio over what the cities argued were gaps in the state's criminal background check system. The cities filed suit ...

The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) is committed to promoting the safety and security of students, visitors, faculty, and staff, as well as enhancing the security of physical resources.

Are you considering hiring a new employee? For workplace safety, having all the necessary information about someone before making important decisions is essential. That’s where criminal background ...

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (7News) — Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) is implementing a new criminal background check monitoring system, the first school district in Virginia to do so. Rap Back, which ...

Some student employees who work jobs at the 10 state universities would be exempted from the Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education’s criminal background check policy. The system’s governing ...