KBI Director Tony Mattivi appears at a press conference on Oct. 1 in Topeka. He spoke to a legislative committee this month, encouraging lawmakers to advance a bill that requires all school employees ...

A background check can sink a job offer if prospective employers don’t like what they see. While they can request to have a lot of information about a job candidate’s past included in such a report, ...

Rafael Andres Rubio Bohorquez, the New York City Council worker who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers on Monday, had cleared all background checks, the New York City ...

If you're looking to hire new employees for your business, you may ask yourself at some point: Should I be running a background check on candidates? Conducting background checks on your potential ...

San Francisco-based Checkr, which got its start running criminal record checks on Uber drivers and gig workers, has seen its gross revenue jump 14% to $800 million as companies try to spot a flood of ...

President Donald Trump has proposed sending $2,000 stimulus checks, funded by tariffs, to Americans. The proposed timeline for these checks is sometime in 2026, before the midterm elections. These ...

The Justice Department asked a federal appeals court to strike down a California law mandating background checks for ammunition purchases, after two lower courts already ruled the law was ...

Travis Gettys is a senior editor for Raw Story based in northern Kentucky. He previously worked as a web editor for WLWT-TV and a contributing writer for the Kentucky Enquirer, and he also wrote for ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Dozens of rookie and probationary police officers will stay on the job after the NYPD settled a legal challenge from the Police Benevolent ...

New Jersey regulators need to strengthen their oversight of background checks for nursing home employees after a federal audit published this month found deficiencies. The report by the federal ...

MERIDIAN, Idaho — Idaho law enforcement agencies are advising the public that several background check fees will increase on January 1, 2026. Idaho State Police (ISP) says the cost for statewide ...