Deval takes a gamble on gaming commission
Deval Patrick — in what critics say is a dumbfounding affront to his promise of a transparent administration — rejected a measure yesterday requiring deep background checks for all future gaming commission employees, capping a disastrous week for the …
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Deval Patrick vetoes mandated background checks for future Massachusetts …
Deval Patrick on Friday vetoed portions of a spending bill sent to him this week by the House and Senate requiring the Gaming Commission to conduct full criminal background checks and drug screenings on future employees. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds) By …
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EEOC issues new guidelines on background checks
On April 25, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued updated guidance on the use of criminal background checks in employment, effective immediately. Here are the basics: An employer may satisfy its new Title VII obligations by …
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Colin Goddard, a student who was shot four times at Virginia Tech on April 16, 2007, talks about his experience going to gun shows across America. Click here to sign Colin’s petition: www.bradycampaign.org After being shot, he decided to do something to help make America safer. He took a hidden camera to gun shows to show Americans just how easy it is to buy assault weapons and handguns without a criminal background check and without even having to show a driver’s license. Colin urges you to support closing the gun show loophole that allows dangerous people to buy weapons at gun shows without a criminal background check. He states “No background check, no gun, no excuses.”

If you are registering for a gun in Virginia, whether it is for the first time or tenth time, you may have to wait up to seven days to get approved for your purchase due to budget cuts at the firearms transaction center. Last class project whooooh. By – Sofia Briley, Mike Prentace, and Nikki Thompson
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Backgrounds Online Earns FCRA Certification
Backgrounds Online – a prominent provider of pre employment screening and related services, today announced that their entire client support team has earned the FCRA Basic Certification. This certification program was created by the National …
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Public Eye: Capital-area voter fraud suspects have criminal histories
"If they didn't check these people out, that's political malpractice," Maviglio said. Kerns said the Republican Party never conducted a criminal background check before hiring Harris to run voter drives. Harris said all her employees receive training …
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Do homework before picking a contractor
Who will be working on the project — employees or subcontractors? Do you do background checks on these workers? » Do you carry workers' compensation and liability insurance? Check with the insurance company to verify the policy is current.
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Special-needs children need special babysitters
“This could mean the sitter works as a teacher, an aide or a nanny.” Do research. Look up a sitter's name online to see what comes up. “You can learn a lot about character through a simple Facebook check,” Aldrich says. Get references.
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OWS ragamuffins aim to shut down Wall Street
(For a list, check this article at CNBC.) Which will probably make it easier for the international OWS types to trash stuff that other people will have to pay to repair. US markets will be open today, if for no other reason than the fact that our …
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Millennials struggle with financial literacy
Paige Worthy uses her iPad to check a recipe while shopping on March 3 at Gene's Sausage Shop & Delicatessen in Chicago. / USA TODAY By Hadley Malcolm Paralyzed. That's how Paige Worthy feels when she thinks about budgeting her money. "I freeze.
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